[lbo-talk] Thinking Big

BklynMagus magcomm at ix.netcom.com
Thu Sep 13 08:48:46 PDT 2007



> The war is an abstraction to a lot of people.

Because there is no draft. A volunteer army is exactly what hawks want since it is more likely to operate as a mercenary group. And leftists think the abolition of the draft is a good thing. No wonder the war drags on.

As William S. Burroughs said: you need to force people to see what is at the end of their forks.

Brian



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