Re: The Axis Grows
"Timothy R. Butler" <[email protected]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 16 July 2003 06:40 pm, Neil Stevens wrote: > On Wednesday July 16, 2003 02:36, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > > That is why I don't support a draft unless national security is > > immediately and directly at stake (i.e. the armies are lining up on the > > border). > > That unless seems questionable to me. There may be exceptions, but generally I think that is the case. I would be, and would have been, completely and totally opposed to a draft to go to Iraq, Kosovo, Afghanistan, etc. None of these were clear and present direct danger to the country. The Axis powers in 1941 *were* a very clearly a direct danger to the United States. > If the armies are at the gate, and the townsfolk aren't enlisting (as they > were and did, respectively, in December 1941), then is the state at risk > worth preserving? I think it is probably worth being extremely conservative in applying a draft. It should only be activated in the grimmest of circumstances where a volunteer-only army would threaten the survival of the state. > And is it worth a diversion of manpower from the front lines to coerce men > into the service? No, a volunteer army should be big enough to handle any military action that isn't a direct threat to the United States (i.e. taking out terrorist states). > And what is the point of dragging a man to the front lines who doesn't want > to be there? I agree. That's a good argument against the draft. -Tim - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks www.uninet.info ==================== <[email protected]> ==================== | Christian Portal: | Have you not learned great lessons | | www.faithtree.com | from those who braced themselves | | GNU/Linux News: | against you and disputed the | | www.ofb.biz | passage with you? --Walt Whitman | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/FcpSK37Cns9gJ0gRArq+AJ9WwivmoUvYOAuO7xTIvmvX/3xkIACffL9w okSs6C/QGKhKHW4XD5TAOs4= =fPnM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Kde-cafe mailing list - [email protected] http://ofb.biz/lists/listinfo.cgi/kde-cafe DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this mailinglist are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent OfB.biz: Open for Business, KDE or the author's employer.