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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (115825)	9/28/2003 1:48:45 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) of 281500

<If we don't get engaged in unpopular wars, we ought to be able to achieve that, without bringing back the draft.> There's no need for force to be applied to get somebody to do a job. Offer money. That's the freedom-loving capitalist way. Those who think the risk and the cash and their talents suitable for the job will offer their services. Defending freedom by forcing people to die against their will is the most absurd piece of military intelligence. I'm surprised to see you even consider the possibility of sending people against their will to serve the personal interests of a bunch of chicken hawks or even to back a "popular" war. If it's so popular, let those voting for it offer their services to conduct operations. Press-ganging is what the likes of Saddam does. That's what dictators do. Their populations are for the personal use and interests of those in power. That's what used to happen in the British Empire too. Conscription was even part of New Zealand culture up to the 1970s. Serfdom psychology is a long time dying. Mqurice

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