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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Little Joe who wrote (168625)	8/7/2001 10:18:51 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

"That is not the issue, whether it is a just war or not, it has to be one that is supported by the general public. We haven't learned this lesson yet. Witness the Gulf War. How many would have supported the war if every able bodied man between 18 and 25 were being drafted to fight it. We didn't learn a thing. What the hell are we doing in Bosnia?" The general public supported the elimination of the draft and the formation of an all volunteer army. The Gulf War did not need a draft because of it but if it did that was a war that the public would have and did support directly because it potentially affected everyones pocket books, ie oil....despite the fact Jim Baker said it was over jobs, jobs, jobs... Incidentally, the Gulf War was a turkey shoot.... re:Bosnia....we are in Bosnia because it was and is a humanitarian mission, ie we went to stop and prevent genocide and ethnic cleansing.....there can be no nobler mission and we did it without the loss of a single American soldier to military action. We did it because we want to be world leader and even if we don't, we are by default. It would seem that all the so called Christians on this thread should be proud of this operation and very disturbed that we didn't do the same in Rwanda. Continue to bear in mind this is a volunteer army.....