Draft - for Threedee

Americans today have no sense of duty to nation, they all preach a lot of bullshit about love of country and American exceptionalism, but the only thing exceptional about them is they take from those who came before them, and words, and words are often empty and useless. Since Threedee, whoever you may be today, uses a quote from one of my posts, this thread is dedicated to him or her.


"And libertarians who object to a draft could opt out. Those who declined to help Uncle Sam would in return pledge to ask nothing from him — no Medicare, no subsidized college loans and no mortgage guarantees. Those who want minimal government can have it."


"But most of all, having a draft might, as General McChrystal said, make Americans think more carefully before going to war. Imagine the savings — in blood, tears and national treasure — if we had thought twice about whether we really wanted to invade Iraq."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/opinion/lets-draft-our-kids.html

Indeed
 
Why do you think we had a draft for so many years? Why do you think our founding fathers feared standing Armies? Why do you think Washington warned us about professional armies? Why do you think Eisenhower warned us about the military industrial complex?

The lesson of Pearl Harbor is clear, relying on a non-professional volunteer service in peace time leaves us vulnerable to attack. So we need to strike a balance but keep a critical eye on the military industrial establishment but we also need to use the draft for just the reasons you stated. It's also the reason why politicians oppose the draft.

Had we had to implement a draft for the war on Terrorism we would have never invaded Iraq so your point is valid.

Amen
 
What kind of self respecting liberal supports the draft? You guys have done a lot of harm... but at least you have a shred of decency and concern for the demos.Or at least that's what I thought.

The self respecting liberal that wants people to stop and think their life my be in jeopardy or their children's if they support n unneeded war!
 
Compulsory military service is slavery.

And this from a Vietnam draftee.

A draft empowers the federal government to begin and conduct wars anywhere on earth whenever it feels like doing it
 
Compulsory military service is slavery.

And this from a Vietnam draftee.

A draft empowers the federal government to begin and conduct wars anywhere on earth whenever it feels like doing it

Oh, so without the draft they don't start wars?

You were drafted, did you go to 'Nam?
 
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There was no draft in 2004. Only the Army drafts, and I'm in the Air Force. I doubt the military would send me to a private Catholic school if they were to "draft" me into a faggot liberal university. The government would just send me to Berkeley or Evergreen State.
 
I love how the southern trash throws The Great Emancipator in with the three leftists, one of which was the opposite of an emancipator.


Don't you have any southern trash in your AF division?

Reduce it down.

They're white (well of course) so your next step is to ask them where they're from.

If they answer by giving you the name of their home town and the state .. especially the state they're from then you've identified southern trash.

Or do you have a better outing formula?
 
I often just start with the silly accent, and go from there. Yes, there are southern trash, but thankfully it's a guard unit, so they are sworn to the great northwest (not that oaths have ever kept them in line before...).
 
I often just start with the silly accent, and go from there. Yes, there are southern trash, but thankfully it's a guard unit, so they are sworn to the great northwest (not that oaths have ever kept them in line before...).


So there's no "black southern trash" in your guard unit.

That would be unthinkable, there's no such thing as trash not originating in Europe.

The trash becomes trash when it's white only.

Isn't it great knowing you're so PC perfect popular here?
 
It's no hidden fact around here that I hate Germany and Serbia, and love English culture (which is my heritage as an American). I like to drop white ethnic slurs because I am white, they are funny, and I have little respect for Europe today. My roots are historical and cultural - Graeco-Roman and English. Though I find my Irish ancestry fairly quaint, I have no interest in the Czechs or Slovenians, and the Germans can go fuck themselves. It is still not PC to say these things, but at least I'm not causing any harm.
 
It's no hidden fact around here that I hate Germany and Serbia, and love English culture (which is my heritage as an American). I like to drop white ethnic slurs because I am white, they are funny, and I have little respect for Europe today. My roots are historical and cultural - Graeco-Roman and English. Though I find my Irish ancestry fairly quaint, I have no interest in the Czechs or Slovenians, and the Germans can go fuck themselves. It is still not PC to say these things, but at least I'm not causing any harm.

A 'Graeco-Roman' wuz, how interesting. 'Historical' roots huh? How funny. 'Cultural' stuff, yikes. 'Quaint,' LOL. Sorry but I hope you are twelve as that is just plain off the wall ridiculous. You are in my not so humble view, a spoiled bratty know it all American, nothing unique there, Mr. Graeco-Roman.
 
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