[lbo-talk] The Return of the Draft

[Joseph Wanzala]

but you just stated that "arguments (for the darft) ignore at least two 
important points: 1) the conscript army of the Vietnam era was a disaster as 
a fighting force" I am saying that the standing army in Iraq has shown 
itself to be no better than the conscript army in Vietnam, thereby it seems 
to me invalidating your point, and then you come up with the post below that 
is not on point.

my 6th and last post for the day.


>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] The Return of the Draft
>Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 16:53:01 -0400
>
>Joseph Wanzala wrote:
>
>>  hasn't the army as it stands now shown itself to be a disaster as a 
>>fighting force - at least in the Middle Eastern theatre?
>
>They're very good at following orders and killing people (and not their 
>commanding officers). What more is a fighting force expected to do? They 
>can't compensate for stupid political leadership.
>
>Doug
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