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To: Road Walker who wrote (181285)	1/21/2004 7:40:05 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573924

re: Unfortunately, Al, they are running out of people. They will have to reinstate the draft.....I believe for the first time since Vietnam. All for Bush's stinking, little war. It makes me sick! I would love to see them reinstate the draft, even if it's only 20% of the total military. It's a natural political check and balance. Both men and women, no deferments. If there is even a remote chance that your kid might be the one dismembered by a roadside bomb, it tends to personalize the issue. John, in theory that's how it should work. In practice, the rich...our leaders......get their kids out of the service.....one way or another. That's what happened during Vietnam. In fact, Bush went AWOL from the Air National Guard and not the regular Air Force. They let the middle and lower classes fight their wars. If our leaders were required to have a family member serve before war could be declared, then I would be all for the draft. Unfortunately, that will never happen. ted

To: Road Walker who wrote (181285)	1/21/2004 8:27:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573924

JF, It's a natural political check and balance. So you're willing to see fellow anti-war citizens get conscripted and sent to the front lines just to make a political point? I'm sorry, but reinstating the draft just for this purpose is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard. The Founding Fathers made a civilian the Commander-In-Chief for a good reason. If you think said civilian is being no more than a "chicken hawk," you are free to protest, petition, and/or elect him out of office. But to force average citizens, including those who agree with your anti-war views, to die just to prove how horrible war is, well, that to me is another form of "chicken hawk." Now I know your goal is to try and make war a more unappealing option, but this definitely isn't the way to do it. People who are against the war AND against the draft will die, and the people in power will still pull strings to get their own loved ones away from the front lines. Tenchusatsu