War doesn't cost the moneyed - Cynthia Tucker alert

The Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | January 25, 2004 | Cynthia Tucker

[where's_the_Outrage?]

I think there's a lot to what she says, but I kind of think it's across the board for economic relevance and military service.

And she misses an important group, the media. The media is not really advocating military service.

I personally think all abled bodied males should spend 2 years in the military. And it should be a prerequisite for congress.

[Theresawithanh]

I have three nephews who are currently serving, two in the Army and one in the Air Force, who all signed up after we stated our intention to go into Iraq. My family is white, upper middle class. I think there are many who are serving who come from a family such as mine.

[Drango]

I'd volunteer Cynthia Tucker to be on the next plane to Iraq but I wouldn't subject our troops to that kind of abuse.

[lawdude]

What part of "all volunteer military" does this b*t*h not understand?

[templar]

I personally think all abled bodied males should spend 2 years in the military.

I favor mandatory universal military training. Actual callup for service should be restricted to times of actual need (when volunteers fall below the number of active personell needed). Who, when, and how someone is called to duty could be a subject of great debate, though.

[razorback-bert]

Why isn't she asking, why the elite moneyed class are not pushing their offspring to serve the country?

[gc4nra]

the all-volunteer military is disproportionately drawn from blue-collar homes.


so are bus-boys and gardeners, so f'in' what!

[NotchJohnson]

Cynthia Tucker was a aisle bird who in the opinion of Arabs was the "strategic choice" in congess. She did recieve much money from these people who did not have the US in their best interests. That is why many in Atlanta bent over backward to have her removed.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Military service at this time in history will be a bonus on any future resume for young job-seekers.

[dasboot]

I think her view is taken from among her own peers: whiney milquetoast liberals who think their kids are too good for military service. Her construct bears not the slightest resemblance to my world . The richest kid my daughter knows just graduated from the Navy Academy...a Marine officer. His dad is a Harvard lawyer. Great kid; his dad is a straight-up guy, too.

[freeangel]

To sum it up--she's bitching because she CAN'T bitch on the poor and racial aspect of the people serving our country at present because they are middle class?

[where's_the_Outrage?]

I think you have the wrong Cynthia, I believe you mean McKinney (or something like that).

This Cynthia even got disgusted with the other one.

[dasboot]

Mandatory military service is an insult to the men and women called by honor, duty and a warrior's heart to serve. Everybody should be a preacher? How about a garbageman? Let's force everybody to do four years as a teacher!

[reed_inthe_wind]

Maybe I am a little romantic, but I do agree to the extent that I liked the ancient ruling classes who trained their Sons for battle. (I like the idea of warrior priests too.) But, Those days passed away with the blessings of George Washington.

[bert]

War doesn't cost, it pays.

[OldFriend]

Excuse me.......we belong to a country club, my children attended private schools and private universities and my son followed in the footsteps of every male member of our family and served in the US Army under X42.

[anniegetyourgun]

I guess I missed the date when voluntary service results changed. Obviously, everything must have changed in April of last year. Somehow the author seems to be suggesting that prior wars involved her definition of "privileged" people, while this one doesn't. How did Bush do that?

[templar]

Mandatory military service is an insult to the men and women called by honor, duty and a warrior's heart to serve.

So what does the country do when there aren't enough volunteers in time of war? Surrender? Maybe we should have surrendered in WWII rather than draft anyone?

The Consitiution recognized the need to raise armies in time of need, the draft is constitutional when it is needed (USSC ruled on it already several times), it is an insult to no one. Honorable service in the military is just as honorable whether you are drafted or you volunteer.

[templar]

Military service at this time in history will be a bonus on any future resume for young job-seekers.

D@mn I hope so! It sure wasn't when I came back from VietNam; quite the opposite.

[dasboot]

Comparing my apple to your orange, friend. What about when there's no national emergency?

Some warriors are born; others made: One seeks the battle, the other has it thrust upon him. Both serve with honor when heeding the call.