On May 22, 2008, at 12:16 AM, WD wrote:
> All this suggests is that a vibrant anti-military culture can thrive
> even with a draft. Well sure. But it took more than six years and
> many thousands of U.S. dead (roughly 48k btw. '64 and '70) in Vietnam
> to get to the point where the esteemed Colonel was writing.
But this is why the r.c. doesn't want a draft army - too many social problems. Now, they get the cream of the working class (or did, until Iraq gave them recruitment problems), people who feel obligated by their word to serve. With a draft army, they get a bunch of slackers who'd rather be playing video games.
Doug