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Dimensional Door - Freeople Thread 16

Posted on 04/16/2004 6:37:21 PM PDT by Mo1



TOPICS: Dimensional Doorway; Freeoples
KEYWORDS: darkshearesmyhero; whoputthatthere
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To: null and void
Grrrrrrrr ..... I want to kick anyone who suggests we need to reinstitute the draft. THEN we really will be on the way to another VietNam. The draft is a BAD idea in a free country. It violates the principles we fight for. Let the leaders convince volunteers of the necessity of the fight and the resolve to win. Take that level of direct appeal and accountability out of the chain of command, and you put the troops at increased risk and the fight itself in jeopardy of being abandoned rather than WON.
561 posted on 04/21/2004 3:06:58 PM PDT by ValerieUSA
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To: ValerieUSA
Gad...How did we win WWII or did we?? I must have forgotten....
562 posted on 04/21/2004 3:13:21 PM PDT by westmex (Delenda est, Islam)
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To: westmex
This is an isolated war - not something on the scale of a world war. This panic that our volunteer forces on the job are inadequate to win this fight is a media/liberal anti-American propaganda fear spree. It is demoralizing and dishonorable and needs to be refuted.
563 posted on 04/21/2004 3:28:18 PM PDT by ValerieUSA
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To: ValerieUSA
Yes, but....I have to say that it might be a necessary in this war on terrorism...a long long war, as even Bush says.

Valerie, we have the National Guard and Reservists strung pretty thin, as it is now. These folks did not choose regular military for a reason. They expected to be trained and paid and be deployed for short periods as backup to regular military. Now, they are finding themselves on the front line of combat with deployments of over two years. I mean, I have a neighbor who is a little long in the tooth at forty-five years old, fighting in Iraq and will probably be entended in his tour. When a part time job becomes full time with mandatory overtime...you will see more choosing not to re-up. And when they do not re-up, we will see a draft.

I don't like Rummy's cavalier attitude to the guard and reservists at all. And no, I am not saying that the guard and reservists should not pull the the duty that they are paid. But, sometimes, the regular military gets rotated out before reservists.

This will come to haunt the POTUS if he does not address this issue. Already, the dems are mentioning the dreaded D word, and I don't want them to have this issue.

564 posted on 04/21/2004 3:33:45 PM PDT by Conservababe
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To: ValerieUSA
The draft was used in The War of Northern Aggression... That wasn't a world war....When you need men you need them, whether they volunteer or not...

Personally, I think we should have got out of the military business in 1946...BWDIK

565 posted on 04/21/2004 3:35:38 PM PDT by westmex (Delenda est, Islam)
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To: westmex
...or 1861.
566 posted on 04/21/2004 4:12:35 PM PDT by lodwick
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To: lodwick
Before my time, kid
567 posted on 04/21/2004 4:17:25 PM PDT by westmex (Delenda est, Islam)
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To: ValerieUSA
You got it right big time about the draft.

The media would have a field day with draft card burnings, etc, showing how many were against "war".

With a truth oriented media, and a normal or sane world the draft could be re-instated easily and the dead beat libs who won't put their lives on the line would be ostracized, laughed at and shamed. Unfortunately in our present world, they would be lionized instead of marginaalized.

568 posted on 04/21/2004 4:21:34 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Whatever.............................................:-)
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To: Lakeshark
Well, unfortunately, it is not about politics now, but about our survival as a nation against terrorism.
569 posted on 04/21/2004 4:24:11 PM PDT by Conservababe
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To: catpuppy
Yes, and that is when the homes and condominiums here at the beach will be filled with Michiganders and other of the northern species

Ummmmmmmmmm.........so you got this idea from Ted Kennedy did you?

Hate to break this to you, but nobody will be down there roasting alongside you during the summer from up North.

I think I'm downgrading you from 10 to a lower number.

570 posted on 04/21/2004 4:30:51 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Whatever.............................................:-)
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To: Lakeshark
nobody will be down there roasting alongside you during the summer from up North

Winter or summer, like lemmings they come, stuffed with cash and eager to leave it here in paradise. The sea breeze makes the beach not only tolerable but actually quite pleasant, especially when it is accompanied by some chilled beverages.

Will all those folks retiring TO Michigan please raise their hands? Anyone? Anyone at all?

571 posted on 04/21/2004 4:52:12 PM PDT by catpuppy
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To: Lakeshark
And another thought about the draft issue. Our President Bush should just meet it head on. He is an honest and sincere man. How 'bout this statement to the press?

We are fighting a war on terrorism on many fronts. We will not give up nor give in. The subject of reinstating the draft has come up and I will address it tonight. We now have enough military, regular and reserve to meet the challenge, and I am proud of their perseverance and courage. But, as I have said, this will be a long war. I have never lied to you about this fact. If necessary, I will ask for more volunteers into regular military, and I do not ask this lightly. I come to you asking that you volunteer to protect your country and family. My last possible choice would be to reinstate the draft, but I know I can count on good men and women to step forward voluntarily. But, if necessary, I will do so.
572 posted on 04/21/2004 4:55:14 PM PDT by Conservababe
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To: lodwick
... or 1848.
573 posted on 04/21/2004 4:55:42 PM PDT by catpuppy
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To: catpuppy; All
You people are great.. Love all your posts. Nothing like a mixed field.. I don't know what I think yet, but I think the Pup is right about Fla duh.. ;)
574 posted on 04/21/2004 5:08:11 PM PDT by grannie9 (Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865))
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To: Darksheare
Darks! LOL!
575 posted on 04/21/2004 5:08:41 PM PDT by Pippin (Each day is a gift from God. ---That's why it's called the PRESENT!)
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To: grannie9
Dreadful??
Whatever do you mean?
;-)
576 posted on 04/21/2004 5:09:10 PM PDT by Darksheare (Fortune for the day: "Now, do you think we have anything more than BOINNGGG?!" -dating advice movie.)
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To: grannie9
Check's in the mail, gran.
577 posted on 04/21/2004 5:10:28 PM PDT by catpuppy
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To: Pippin
Chocolate makes everything better..
>>and chocolate ice cream sundaes with fudge topping makes for quite alot of bettter.
So, my pride is soothed.
578 posted on 04/21/2004 5:10:38 PM PDT by Darksheare (Fortune for the day: "Now, do you think we have anything more than BOINNGGG?!" -dating advice movie.)
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To: Lakeshark; ValerieUSA
You make some good points concerning the draft. Unfortunately, there have been and will be times when considerations of how the media might react and whether or not the draft should exist in a free society must be set aside. Nobody likes the thought of sending one's loved one off, involuntarily or otherwise, to war. But sometimes there is no alternative.

As Westy observed, when you need them you need them.

579 posted on 04/21/2004 5:16:05 PM PDT by catpuppy
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To: catpuppy
Ghod love you Pup.. You always come through.. ;)
580 posted on 04/21/2004 5:21:58 PM PDT by grannie9 (Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865))
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