[lbo-talk] The Return of the Draft

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Thu Jun 3 09:42:24 PDT 2004


----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Johanning" <jjohanning at igc.org>


> Who *is* another Richard Nixon? No one that I know of, fortunately. And
> I don't have any problem with getting a head start on anti-draft
> activity, even though I broadly agree with the arguments that have been
> made in this thread that the Pentagon really doesn't want a big bunch
> of draftees on their hands, etc. If a serious push to start a draft
> ever starts, the movement shouldn't be caught flat-footed.

I don't know. A draft that doesn't allow folks like me to escape military service might be a good idea.

-- Luke



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