[G. Stolyarov II]

G. Stolyarov II is a science fiction novelist, independent filosofical essayist, poet, amateur mathematician and composer, contributor to Enter Stage Right and SoloHQ, writer for Objective Medicine, and Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator, a magazine championing the Western principles of Reason, Rights, and Progress.

Mr. Stolyarov is also the recipient of the February 2004 Editor's Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry, presented by poetry.com and the International Library of Poets. He can be contacted at gennadystolyarovii@yahoo.com.

[G. Stolyarov II]

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[xzins]

The draft is not necessary.

Raise the pay to the right level and there will be more than enough recruits.

If we can pay Halliburton enough so they can pay a truck driver a 100 grand a year then that means that the company is getting quite a bit more than that since they must have a profit out of this.

Nothing against Halliburton or the truck driver.

Simply a statement that I'm quite sure the US could get a ton of privates for a measley 30 grand a year salary.

[JamesA]

Seems to me every young American should be willing to serve their country in one form or another, with pride. It's like, you want all the rights and privileges of being an American but you are unwilling or object to stand up and protect or earn those rights. It cannot always be the other guy, you have to be involved also. There are and will be a huge variety of excuses but basically its choice, nothing comes free and freedom comes at a huge cost for all of us.

[boris]

The thing I find interesting is that, when we had a draft, the leftists argued it was unfair, since "rich white boys" could get college deferments or abscond to Canada, leaving "persons of color" to populate the draftee population disproportionately. So the draft was abolished, and an all-volunteer army established.

Guess what? It's unfair, too! It seems that poor people disproportionately join up because the military is seen to be "the only path" to upward mobility and education.

So no matter which: draft or volunteer, it is unfair and "persons of color" are always the victims.

So goes the "logic" of Rep. Rangle.