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To: varmintman

75 % of those who fought in Vietnam were volunteers, not draftees. I agree that any war we fight should be declared and fought to win. I am not, however, a Milton Friedman in my view of the draft.


15 posted on 04/11/2014 9:43:41 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: Amberdawn

“75 % of those who fought in Vietnam were volunteers, not draftees. I agree that any war we fight should be declared and fought to win. I am not, however, a Milton Friedman in my view of the draft.”

You need to provide support for that claim.

Do you think less of a draftee who served/died in Vietnam for his country?

I have a friend that was drafted, and retired 37 years later as a Lt. General in combat arms (3 star).


23 posted on 04/11/2014 10:46:03 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: Amberdawn
75 % of those who fought in Vietnam were volunteers, not draftees.

If even one guy involved in Nam was a draftee, the entire theory of the thing is invalidated. Where is the logic of sending an American slave army or even an American army in which 25% of the soldiers are slaves, to fight for somebody else's freedom??

47 posted on 04/12/2014 3:36:00 AM PDT by varmintman
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