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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RetiredNow who wrote (44900)	11/18/2008 11:12:13 AM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Respond to of 149317

Yes, agree. Its been my experience most people are locked into a philosophy. Its hard for anyone to change because they have to change who they think they are. That's where the military was. I think, such a vital force in showing people an "alternative" life style. It forced them to do and experience things that they would have never chosen to do on their own. Once having done that yourself you internally realize how malleable a belief system really is. There is no "one" way of doing things. The end result, I believe, was to make us a more tolerant country. We lost so many "fringe" benefits when we lost the draft. Nixon's biggest error--IMHO.