Posted on 05/29/2017 4:34:13 PM PDT by hapnHal
Thing is, Heinlein’s comment regarded VOLUNTARY service - not a draft.
The ONLY people promoting reinstating the draft do so to SUBVERT our military and its application. They want it precisely to discourage military intervention.
Thanks to Dubya, Americans won’t support a protracted war for a many, many years. No.
Should we fear the Russians?
The DemoRATS do !! I feel Trump can handle Putin.
In his final press conference of the year, President Barack Obama has said that he had told President Vladimir Putin to “cut it out” following allegations that Russia conducted cyber attacks against the United States.
then Putin tests Trump early on in January.
The Trump administration is facing its first major test on the international stage as volleys of Russian artillery and rockets continue to pound Ukrainian forces in the country’s contested east, reigniting the frozen conflict and killing about a dozen Ukrainian soldiers since Sunday.
The barrages, along with renewed pushes by Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces near the government-held industrial town of Avdiyivka, spiked dramatically on Sunday. The day before, Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held their first phone call, reportedly talking about forming a new alliance against the Islamic State and working together on a range of other issues.
Nope. You will get nothing but inferior performance from people that are not committed to serving the country of their own free will.
I would vote for a draft if congress ever declared a war.
You mean like those who fought WW1 and WW2! Wow.
They tend to be historically illiterate and politically obtuse. For tens of millions, life is no more serious than a video game; so of course they are fat stationary targets for left wing propagandists like Sanders et al, promising free everything and get even with the bad old rich guys who actually expect you to work for a living!! OMG, what fascists.
Maybe the risk of shedding a little blood for their freedom would wake them up a bit. Might even teach them to appreciate what they have had handed to them free of charge (Free for them, that is.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kitty_Hawk_riot
It’s almost the 45th anniversary of the Kitty Hawk mutiny/riot.
Stop using the military for social engineering.
Why, are our armed forces not meeting recruiting targets?
How bout this......
Received this post.....Makes sense to me.
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…….I personally have always held the view that all male, and/or females of our species should be required to complete compulsory military training beginning as soon as the person has completed high school. (Could be accomplished by membership in RESERVES.)as well.That person would be required to complete the equivalent of 3 months boot camp which they would be compensated for. I see nothing wrong in this .It should also become a definite component of citizenship. This would be a hand ,and glove sort of thing and attached to a military draft obligation as well. In fact I am also a believer in returning ROTC to our high schools which could be an elective, in the high school curriculum. Such students are prepared to for entrance to our officer training programs either at Fort Benning,GA.,or at any of the military academies, including Merchant Marine Academy. ………after graduation all become automatically members of our RESERVE OFFICERS POOL for life
Despite the magic of modern warfare, expanding commitments require expanding garrisoning and at least some expanding combat capability. If we do not soon lay down the burden of world policeman, a draft is inevitable. Wishing this fact away is not realistic.
13th Amendment to the Constitution:
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Yes. Every single man - 2 years, no political or educational excuses...right after high school.
Protect and Defend the Constitution. Don't trample it.
Sorry, Forgot one (FROM A VERY SICK PERSON)
Long time Trump opponent Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said in an interview aired Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin represents more of a threat to the world than Islamic State — although he conceded that he has seen ‘no evidence’ Russia changed the outcome of the 2016 election.
The only people who advocate a draft are cynical leftists who long for the good old days of the 60s “anti-war” movement, which was really an anti-draft movement. The military is the most respected institution in America, and they know threatening people with a draft would make half of young Americans “loathe the military” again as Bill Clinton famously wrote.
Yes, starting with the L.I.F E.R. R.E.M.Fs who profit from the Military Industrial Complex and their children.
No, DUMBASS, I’m not talking about ‘TIME OF WAR’. I’m talkimg about just enlisting when nothing in particular is going on. Are you stupid or something?
Oh gee! Al Sharpton is that you?
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