Although
no totally against a draft, let me just ask Mr. Rangle, what the hell are we to do with all the people we draft????
The military has been downsizeing for so many years, closing and consolidating bases, that there is virtually NO PLACE FOR THEM TO GO. Would he suggest throwing out all the VOLUNTEERS, thus creating a helluva unemployment problem?
When politicians offer NO SOLUTIONS, it's just political rhetoric. He's trying to make a stupid political and RACIAL point, not backed up by facts. Part of his inflamatory remarks were that blacks will die in disaportionate numbers, like they did in Vietnam. Well Charlie, first....they didn't die disaprotionaltely in Vietnam, and make up less than 12% of Combat Arms in today's volunteer military.
Now, if they ever did need to draft again, I would be for the end of college deferrments like in WWII but, we will never see the draft again in our lifetime.
Got mine from working and the G.I. BILL! If they had a draft, veterans could get theirs the same way.
Packo
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