Posted on 03/14/2007 2:39:07 PM PDT by freemarket_kenshepherd
On the March 14 edition of "Imus in the Morning" guest and "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney discussed the possibility of a draft with Don Imus. In that exchange Rooney, like Senator Kerry and Congressman Rangel, implied that those who volunteer to serve do so out of desperation rather than patriotism.
DON IMUS: Tell me about your thoughts on re-instituting the draft.
ANDY ROONEY: Well, I think a draft produces a better army than the one we would have with all volunteers. Because I think you get average Americans if you, if you have a draft. And if it’s an all volunteer army, you get people who join up because of some problem in their own lives. They don’t have anything else to do, they don’t have a job, or they can’t find what they want to do, so they join the Army. And it doesn’t produce the best army.
Rooney should have checked over his facts before making such a statement. This recent study directly contradicts his assertions. [LINK: http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/cda06-09.cfm]
Y'know - the double meaning of what I had written ocurred to me right after I posted it 8^)
What a worthless old lefty puke rooney is. My contempt knows no bounds.
Slavery comes in many flavors, including the draft.
Andy Rooney has long outlived his usefulness to the country or to himself. It may be time to leave him dribbling and drooling at the nearest dog track.
Who cares what that dried up old prune has to say about anything. Every time he opens his mouth, he just shows what a stupid old fool he is.
Poor, Old Andy...there he goes, again...wet his pants in public!!! Why doesn't he just retire gracefully before he hurts himself by tripping over his tongue...again. Putz.
our country lost something when it did away with the draft
While I think A.R. is an out-dated wind-bag, I too see some advantage in having the draft, namely, it would help some young fatherless males learn to be men in a time when far too many males have no masculine role models.
I totally disagree. Our current armed forces are professionals, and very good at what they do. We don't need to turn them into some social agency - esp. since our gov't has never figured out how to have a successful social agency.
You are absolutely right. Better to fix the lack of male examples in some other way. Would be good if we could somehow fix the school system .. fat chance, however.
Nothing increases the production of goldbricks like unwanted, compulsory servitude.
While modern standards would most likely weed out the Zeroes, there would still be all those thousands of Beetle Baileys.
"It doesn't produce the best Army"? Has he looked at our Army lately? They are the best in the world. We do need to increase our numbers though. Especially since Mrs. Bill Clintons husband cut us from 20 divisions to 10 divisions.
He still resents it.. Serf mentality.. Like everyone he works with..
Do you remember the program that some had in mind to recruit retired military to teach and coach in the schools? I really wanted that one to move ahead. That would help the vets, and what better source of male role models could there be?
1st-I joined 7 months before graduating(DEP)so getting or not getting a job had nothing to do with it. But what's really sad was when I was a Ft. Benning I read about 3 of Rooney's books and enjoyed them at the time. Now THAT was a waste.
The problem liberals have, comparing draftees to volunteers, is that they don't understand the concept of people doing something just because it's right.
In peacetime, you might plausibly argue that many young people enlist to find economic opportunity. However, we have been at war for several years now, and the recruits are all being told that they can expect to fight.
This means that they are all heros (using the real definition of the word). That is, they all chose great risk for themselves, in order to protect others. An army of heros will always be better than an army of conscripts.
Draftees are made up of a variety of people, many will prove to be good soldiers, but many others are cowards, and cowards are worth less than nothing in an army.
Andy Rooney is the product of a handjob on a hot rock in August.
...well gee, then he must know all there is to know about military life after lugging his typewriter all over Europe and Asia. I hear that those paper cuts are brutal.... and the hemorrhoids from sitting on yer a## can be quite uncomfortable...
Don't remember that one. Sounds like a good idea that the NEA would have a hissy fit about: military, non-union, who cares about the kids.
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