[mrustow]

I had a conversation with a teacher in the teacher's lounge today. We talked about Iraqi Prisoner Scandal and the upcoming court martials. He is a young teacher. He doesn't understand why we have Gitmo, why aren't the detainees's called POW's, and how come these detainees can't have legal representation? Bush and his Administration are mean people.

The guy sounds like so many of the people I worked with when I taught college during the '90s. And I'm going back to teach school in the fall!

During the 1950s, you didn't hear that sort of nonsense, because so many teachers and professors were themselves veterans. And when they had come home just after the war and went to college, there is no way they would have knuckled under, had they had pc professors. (And they had their share of lefty professors, but those profs knew better than to even attempt the stunts their successors routinely pull.) Not only did those returning veterans have self-discipline, but they "knew things." That's one of many reasons why I support a return to the draft. No, the draft won't be a cure-all, but it might help start turning the tide against the sort of namby-pamby, indulgent and self-indulgent attitudes we see around us.

[Milligan]

I did look up the Selective Service on the web. If they restarted the draft, young people do have options. Serve in the military for four years. Or go into humanitarian programs for four years if your a conscientious objector. Work for the Peace Corp or the America Corp. Sounds okay with me.