<div>A truly progressive party would....</div> <div> </div> <div>1. Fight to revoke or completely gut the Patriot Act and all other illegal legislation eradicating the loss of habeas corpus and torture. </div> <div> </div> <div>2. Try Bush and co. for war crimes - as there is no such thing as a "War on Terrorism" as there is no true enemy (nation state). Back the ICC. </div> <div> </div> <div>3. Push for complete nuclear disarmament (and that would mean NOT using this medium for clean energy). </div> <div> </div> <div>4. Giving corporations tremendous incentives and even forced mandates (including revoking charters) to oil industry to transfer business models for alternative energy technology.</div> <div> </div> <div>5. Investigate 9/11 again as well as links between US and Intl corporations and the invasion of Iraq - not to mention links of funding to terrorist networks by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. </div>
<div> </div> <div>6. Push for new legislation to investigate Senators and members of Congress who pose as Foreign Agents and what their effect would be on foreign policy decisions. <BR><BR><B><I>Marvin Gandall <marvgandall@videotron.ca></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Brian wrote:<BR><BR>> But the "all-volunteer" army is also a form of involuntary servitude. At<BR>> least with a draft, the privileged asses of Biff an Muffy will be taken<BR>> out of their graduate seminars and plopped down in combat.<BR>><BR>> If that happened, the troops would be out of Iraq in 36 hours. If you<BR>> want to stop a foreign war, make sure that who goes to fight it is a<BR>> matter of pure luck.<BR>========================<BR>It's true there would be a form of rough justice for Biff and Muffy, which<BR>might well lead one or both to oppose foreign wars or to
emigrate to Canada,<BR>as during Vietnam.<BR><BR>But the downside risk of a draft is greater. A major reason why the US is<BR>bogged down in Iraq is because its regular army and reserves are stretched<BR>too thin. A lot of antwar pressure on Congress is coming from military<BR>families who are objecting to extended and repeated tours for their loved<BR>ones in a war which is perceived as unwinnable because there are not enough<BR>forces on the ground. The US political establishment also no longer feels it<BR>is able to credibly intervene, if it needs to, on multiple fronts such as<BR>North Korea or Latin America. Congress will address this deficiency by<BR>making a bipartisan attempt to increase the size of the military, but a<BR>draft, despite Rangel, is not in the cards.<BR><BR>It's also worth remembering that the US army has a very long tail, and that,<BR>even were there a draft, working class and minority troops would still bear<BR>the brunt of combat, as in Vietnam,
while more privileged young Americans<BR>would be mainly involved in less risky support roles.<BR><BR><BR>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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