Enjoy the Draft

[Shawn]

Enjoy the Draft

Mainly a humorous look at a bleak future. With the armed forced already not qualifying as entirely volunteer, it would be hard to really believe the draft isn't coming.

[Shawn]

Rather then create a plethora of new threads on it...

Increase in war funding sought

Iraq PM blames U.S. for massacre

100 facts and 1 opinion against Bush

[Potato]

I just had an interesting discussion on another board with someone about this. They linked this: http://www.objector.org/ .

Not sure if I can link to the thread, as it is one of those where you have to pay a small fee to join.

Edited October 27, 2004 by Potato

[Redneck4sure]

Draft = liberal scare tactics.

[Malicious Intent]

War on terror = Republican scare tactics

[Redneck4sure]

See! Both sides are scary!

[slum_goddess]

War on terror = Republican scare tactics

so true.

[ASUmusicMAN]

Well...being on in the draftable age group I (and most peeps around here with me) believe it is BS scare tactics

IMO the military as a whole is kicking ass and there are plenty of volunteers (half my graduating HS class is either in an academy or enlisted...no shortage of peeps) and also tons of people (suprising to me) at ASU are making the military a career for either medical, engineering, or just straight up ROTC. So I don't belive for a second the bleak outlook everyone is saying about our military.

[Kooperman]

Well...being on in the draftable age group I (and most peeps around here with me) believe it is BS scare tactics

IMO the military as a whole is kicking ass and there are plenty of volunteers (half my graduating HS class is either in an academy or enlisted...no shortage of peeps) and also tons of people (suprising to me) at ASU are making the military a career for either medical, engineering, or just straight up ROTC. So I don't belive for a second the bleak outlook everyone is saying about our military.

If that's the case, why is it that we've never had enough troops in Iraq to be able to control the violence? And why is it that the National Guard is pulling so much duty?

[ASUmusicMAN]

I'm just sayin' what I see

I think you could double the number of troops in Iraq and still have problems...control the violence?? I think there would be an insurgent problem no matter how many troops you throw in there

[Kooperman]

The fact that former National Guard men and women who are in their 30's and 40's (even 50's in rare cases) are being called back into service and deployed to Iraq speaks volumes about the lack of available troops. If we had the troops, they'd be in Iraq trying to make it safer for our own soldiers as well as the civilians in Iraq, who are taking a beating http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB2QUGBV0E.html

stop-loss program

http://www.sullivan-county.com/bush/soldiers.htm

Can Bush keep his no-draft promise?

http://blatanttruth.org/alert.htm

[Shawn]

And don't forget the horrific numbers of people being told their tours are being arbitrarily extended because the gov't has nobody to replace them with.

More bodies are needed. It's time to draft everyone with a gun.

[Malicious Intent]

Or ask the British to fill the gaps.

[Kooperman]

More bodies are needed. It's time to draft everyone with a gun.

I know a guy in Texas who has some..... :bigsmile:

[Shawn]

;)

Send him and a few thousand more Brits and that should plug the hole. No specific pun meant there.

[Redneck4sure]

I think you could double the number of troops in Iraq and still have problems...control the violence?? I think there would be an insurgent problem no matter how many troops you throw in there

I agree.

It was the Republicans that got rid of the draft before. It is only the Democrats that are talking about having one now. Don't bother to ask Kerry. He would change his mind 3 times before you read his answer anyhow.

[Kooperman]

I agree.

It was the Republicans that got rid of the draft before. It is only the Democrats that are talking about having one now. Don't bother to ask Kerry. He would change his mind 3 times before you read his answer anyhow.

It was a Republican, George W. Bush, who instigated the back door draft being used right now.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/colum...3-wickham_x.htm

[jipper]

ive took the liberty to register a name more in connection with this site.

http://americanpoliticsking.cjb.net/

[Kooperman]

ive took the liberty to register a name more in connection with this site.

http://americanpoliticsking.cjb.net/

I took the liberty of deleting the same link from the other thread you posted it in.

[jipper]

you mean the one ive just re-posted in.

[Shawn]

You kids play nice.

The election is a few days away. Then we can hopefully knock this down to a dull roar.

[Kooperman]

You kids play nice.

The election is a few days away. Then we can hopefully knock this down to a dull roar.

A kid I'm not. Nor am I immature enough to post a joke link in more than one thread simply because I don't like the content of that thread. That's why I deleted the other link in another thread, especially since it didn't have the introduction indicating it was a joke.

[Wolfie]

You kids play nice.

The election is a few days away. Then we can hopefully knock this down to a dull roar.

Which makes me think what are we going to bicker about after the election?

[Shawn]

Car engines.

And breasts.

[Redneck4sure]

Car engines.

And breasts.

I like big ones in both catagories.