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To: leadpenny

Nonsense. Nixon correctly got rid of the draft because he needed to replace inefficient institutions with efficient ones if there was to be any hope of victory before his political problems (i.e. Watergate) finished him. Unfortunately, it was too little too late.


55 posted on 11/22/2006 6:25:40 AM PST by steve-b (It's hard to be religious when certain people don't get struck by lightning.)
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To: steve-b
Nixon correctly got rid of the draft because he needed to replace inefficient institutions with efficient ones if there was to be any hope of victory before his political problems (i.e. Watergate) finished him.

Speaking of nonsense.

Nixon was many things but he wasn't clairvoyant.

However, being open-minded, I'd be happy to read anything where Nixon says he approved of doing away with the draft in an attempt to save himself.

BTW, the SSS is anything but an inefficient institution. It provided the US with the great generations of soldiers who fought WWI, II, Korea, and the Cold War - - most of the time lead by great leaders. It also provided a great generation of soldiers for Vietnam, lead by a corrupt leader - - LBJ.

Hypothetical question for you and anyone else who is still blinded by the rhetoric of Vietnam:

Had President Bush called for, received and signed a Universal Service Bill from congress before the end of Sept 01, would it have been used for the purposes of conscription by now?

104 posted on 11/23/2006 4:58:37 AM PST by leadpenny
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