To: steel_resolve
I don't believe in the draft, but I would suppport some type of national service for all young adults. I would also. I think everyone that physically can should serve this nation. The burden of keeping us free should not fall only to a few. (And before you ask, No, I have not served but I think it would have only made me a better person.)
11 posted on
11/10/2006 2:01:39 PM PST by
yellowdoghunter
(Vote out the RINO's. Volunteer to help get Conservatives elected!)
To: yellowdoghunter
I was drafted. I don't think it's a good idea (Heinlein once said that one cannot draw esprit de corps from a barrel by random lottery). If the draft is necessary to get the bodies, then the war's lost anyway. If the bodies are enlisting, why have a draft? (In WW2, the draft was a manpower management tool to ensure that the Army got enough personnel--the Navy and Marines got a lot more volunteers than they could actually use).
To: yellowdoghunter
Sorry dog, but I disagree. The all volunteer force is the most educated, most skilled armed force in history. I am vehemently opposed to reinstating any kind of draft.
Besides, old codgers like me worked our butts off to get it off the ground in the late 70's & early 80's.
If people want to volunteer in other areas, like the Peace Corps, fine. I'm just against the concept of forced national/"volunteer" service.
18 posted on
11/10/2006 2:07:12 PM PST by
Night Hides Not
(Closing in on 3000 posts, of which maybe 50 were worthwhile!)
To: yellowdoghunter
I would also. I think everyone that physically can should serve this nation. The burden of keeping us free should not fall only to a few. (And before you ask, No, I have not served but I think it would have only made me a better person.)Um...so I am guessing you would be exempt from mandatory service of some kind at this point while others in some category you do not belong to would be mandated.
32 posted on
11/10/2006 2:11:42 PM PST by
big'ol_freeper
(It looks like one of those days when one nuke is just not enough-- Lt. Col. Mitchell, SG-1)
To: yellowdoghunter
Well I didn't serve either, but I agree with your assessment - the military makes a good person better.
34 posted on
11/10/2006 2:11:54 PM PST by
steel_resolve
(Do you know what a bigot is? Someone winning an argument with a liberal.)
To: yellowdoghunter
There is already national service of this nature introduced by President Clinton. I agreed with it at the time and still support it. Our young people should give something back to their country.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
129 posted on
11/10/2006 2:57:03 PM PST by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: yellowdoghunter
I think everyone that physically can should serve this nation
Before anyone starts saying how good national service is just take a minute and think of all the pork and spending that will go into this.
231 posted on
11/11/2006 4:58:03 PM PST by
mouser
(run the rats out its the only hope we have)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson