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To: I cannot think of a name
"The saving grace during that war was that the country WAS behind it, and most did serve. "

The best way to unite the nation in war is a formal Congressional declaration of war and a no-exceptions draft. A volunteer army is a private force of the President and can be thrust into war at his whim or pretext.

6 posted on 02/25/2013 7:53:51 AM PST by ex-snook (God is Love)
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To: ex-snook
The best way to unite the nation in war is a formal Congressional declaration of war and a no-exceptions draft.

First, you can't wait until war is declared to start building an Army, and what is a "no-exceptions draft"?

9 posted on 02/25/2013 8:07:13 AM PST by ansel12 (Romney is a longtime supporter of homosexualizing the Boy Scouts (and the military).)
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