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To: sailor4321
"...about 80% of the armed services in WWII..."

That was the era of the ground pounders. It's over.

38 posted on 09/28/2004 10:05:53 PM PDT by Bonaparte (twisting slowly, slowly in the wind...)
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To: Bonaparte
Go to www.thegreenside.com/, read the "front line" accounts from Marines doing the fighting, and then tell me its over for ground pounders.

Don't mistake me; I'm not advocating a draft. Everything I've read indicates the military leadership much prefers an all volunteer force --- even for infantry. If the draft is ever needed again, it seems to me the period of service required would have to be much longer than the historical 1-2 years in order for it to work with today's technology. However, "an obligation to serve my country is slavery" sounds an awfully lot like some welfare queen saying "what have you done for me lately".

45 posted on 09/28/2004 10:19:24 PM PDT by sailor4321
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