[geeks] Special skills draft?

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Thu, 23 Sep 2004 @ 09:53 -0500, Mike Parson said:

> On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 10:18:55AM -0400, Michael Horton wrote:
> >> Who said there was going to be any kind of draft?
> >
> > John Kerry has been pushing a draft (Democrat Senator)
> 
> And yesterday, he told a group of parents that he would catagorically
> not re-introduce the draft, basically insinuating that the current
> adminstration is considering it.  

Not uncommon for Kerry.

Basically he says whatever the audience currently in front of him wants
to hear.

> > Charles Rangel has been puchsing a draft (Democrat Congressman)
> 
> His reason for a draft to get rid of the volunteer military, so that
> we'd be less willing to send conscripts into combat than volunteers who
> knew what they were signing up for.

Hmmm... historically I'm not sure nations have been any less willing to
send them in.

Maybe we would... I don't know.


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