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To: GST who wrote (148783)	10/25/2004 6:39:53 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 281500

but to mount misguided wars, people have been forced into the military Who's been forced in to the military? People who have been called up are in the military reserves, at lest in active reserves. They signed up for the military and signed on to the condition that they could be called up for active duty. In the US there are people who see the military as a way to receive benefits, but who did not expect to be sent to war. Signing up for the military includes signing up for being in the position where you can be called up and sent to war. The purpose of the military is to fight wars (or to deter them but it deters them through its ability to fight them, it wouldn't be much of a deterrence without that ability). If you don't want to be in the position to be called up, then don't join the military. People who do join the military should not be surprised that they are called on to perform the mission of the military any more than people who decide to be firemen should be surprised that they are called on to fight fires. The government did not force them to sign the contracts. Calling up reserve forces is not a draft, backdoor or otherwise. Tim

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