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To: pariah
"Sgt. Shriver"

LOL. BTW, how did we ever win WWI & WWII, with a lousy conscript military?

34 posted on 01/26/2003 11:41:06 AM PST by mrustow
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To: mrustow
how did we ever win WWI & WWII, with a lousy conscript military?

Those were popular wars. Making men enlist against their will has never been a good idea -- ie. draft riots during CW, Vietnam. WWI might have produced some domestic unrest if it had dragged on. WWII was so enthusiastically supported, I think the only reason for the draft was FDR and his overreaching Federal bureaucracy. There was no lack of volunteers. The draft helped turn a popular war (Vietnam) into an unpopular war. Finally, the military establishment itself has stated over and over that it doesn't want/need any draft. The draft constitutes involuntary servitude to the gov't and is an institution worthy of sheeple and trained monkeys.
Did I mention Iraq has a draft?

48 posted on 01/26/2003 10:20:56 PM PST by pariah
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