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To: Alberta's Child
Not because it’s unconstitutional

Yes, it is unconstitutional.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

because the standing U.S. policy of endless wars will come to an end for political reasons.

Look at Vietnam. The government was able to conscript 2 million soldiers for the war.

13 posted on 07/13/2024 9:36:19 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

“””””Look at Vietnam. The government was able to conscript 2 million soldiers for the war.””””””

The draft didn’t change much for the Vietnam war. According to the Selective Service System, from 1954 through 1963 (peacetime) they drafted 1,327,343 men for military service, from 1964 through 1973, they drafted 1,840,650 men.


22 posted on 07/13/2024 9:44:42 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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