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To: c.hinton who wrote (242051)	9/17/2007 1:32:07 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

bottom line.. ask the president to start the draft , raise taxes and end our oil dependance. funny how you dont hear that much from the right. Sure, the right listens to the army, who doesn't want a draft. We need highly trained and motivated soldiers, not conscripts. The right have many times criticized Bush for not rallying the country more to the war. The left only wants the draft because they want to bring back the big anti-Vietnam war rallies of their youth. They could care less what happens to the army. As for ending oil dependence, it's not possible without some new technology. Even if we converted to 80% nuclear energy like France has (even if the left hadn't destroyed the nuclear power business in the 1970s) China and India would still need the oil. Are you for building lots more nuclear power plants?

To: c.hinton who wrote (242051)	9/17/2007 1:36:12 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

CH, the USA can just fly B52s to Iran, making regular deliveries, using little bangs for small things and 30 megaton hydrogen fusion for really clearing things out. There's no need for a draft. With high explosions, vast neutrons attacks could clear the people out and Iran could be turned into a holiday resort, with LOTS of hydrocarbons available. They could be told to convert or else. They should be happy with such an approach as it's how they treat other people. If you don't believe in the right way, it's stoning to death. There hasn't been a nuclear war for well over half a century. Iran wants one, which is why they are developing nuclear bombs. President Amendiejihad likes to make Armageddon threats. Humour him. Personally, I think they should buy CDMA and OFDM cyberphones and live happily ever after, but if they want carnage and martyrdom, that's their choice. Megalomaniacs do choose that sometimes, unfortunately. Mqurice