USA Drafting

[muskrat89]

Oh yeah - except for the part about illegal aliens - since they CAN‘T join the US Military

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

NO, Analogy‘s are interesting if there is some kind of point, if not than they waste the bandwidth for no reason. Come up with a point.

 

[nULL]

Originally posted by Bruce Monkhouse:
[qb] nULL
Before you go mouthing off to the good Major about bills, go check how many [and stupid] private members bills get read in our system.
They mean nothing except getting the person responsible some air time. [/qb]

Is every rebuttal mouthing off?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36265-2004Apr23.html

Some good bits:

It‘s become a daily question to White House press secretary Scott McClellan: Does the president support a return to the military draft?

And here‘s what McClellan says: "That is just not something that‘s under consideration at this time."

Similarly, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told newspaper executives yesterday that a draft "is not useful to do at the present time."


However...


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32752-2004Apr21.html


Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), a Vietnam War veteran and an influential member of the Foreign Relations Committee, wants the United States to consider reviving the draft as part of a broader effort to ensure that all Americans "bear some responsibility" and "pay some price" in defending the nation‘s interests.


At a committee hearing Tuesday and in subsequent interviews, Hagel said he is not advocating reinstatement of the draft, although he added that he is "not so sure that isn‘t a bad idea."

Does something said at a committee hearing from a Republican carry more weight than a bill from a Democrat?

Something to think of, at least.

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

nULL, No every rebuttal is not mouthing off, but maybe you should reread your post."At the time, I heard that meant something" This is not a rebuttal, but a condencending comment from a snot-nosed little univ. student to someone who has BTDT. If you had just given a rebuttal to our American friend I would have been more than happy to [re]butt[al] out.

 

[nULL]

Wow, see, I thought you‘d have pointed out the "now, i don‘t know how much you know about American politics" as being the condescending comment.

"At the time, I heard that meant something" was something I‘d say again. Wasn‘t it after the Korean war that people started to complain that the criteria for medals was lowered too far?