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    Posted: 19 May 2005 at 1:15pm

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0519-01.htm

 

I made two predictions after Bush was re-elected:

1. There will be a draft before the war in Iraq is over.

2. We will be at war with N. Korea.

According the GEN Abizaid, the top officer in Iraq, the war is going to last "a long, long time." And since the army has missed it's recruitment and retention quotas by nearly 20% the past three months, it looks like prediction #1 isn't so far away.
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Well, no draft will be made by Republicans.

That draft vote in the house a few months ago was made by a dem. and yet the news kept saying it was Bush.
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Any American should be honored to fight for their country, I know I would be.
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I deffinitly don't want there to be a draft... I'm not too fond of dying young.

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that is teh sucks....Iraq wasn't that important to invade in my opinion
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Originally posted by WGP guy WGP guy wrote:

Any American should be honored to fight for their country, I know I would be.


I would be honored to fight for a truly worthy cause, regardless of which country the fight would benefit.

This is not a worthy cause, not the least bit so.

But as for the draft, I doubt it.
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Originally posted by Cedric Cedric wrote:

I deffinitly don't want there to be a draft... I'm not too fond of dying young.

Wow, what a panzy.
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Originally posted by TheUnknown. TheUnknown. wrote:

Originally posted by Cedric Cedric wrote:

I deffinitly don't want there to be a draft... I'm not too fond of dying young.

Wow, what a panzy.


Yes.

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Originally posted by Ejp414 Ejp414 wrote:

Originally posted by WGP guy WGP guy wrote:

Any American should be honored to fight for their country, I know I would be.


I would be honored to fight for a truly worthy cause, regardless of which country the fight would benefit.

This is not a worthy cause, not the least bit so.

But as for the draft, I doubt it.


Yea, i didn't say it was worthy.
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Originally posted by WGP guy WGP guy wrote:

Originally posted by Ejp414 Ejp414 wrote:

Originally posted by WGP guy WGP guy wrote:

Any American should be honored to fight for their country, I know I would be.


I would be honored to fight for a truly worthy cause, regardless of which country the fight would benefit.

This is not a worthy cause, not the least bit so.

But as for the draft, I doubt it.


Yea, i didn't say it was worthy.


I didn't say that you thought it was worthy. I only said what I would be "honored to fight for" and then compared this war to that standard.
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Originally posted by Cedric Cedric wrote:

I deffinitly don't want there to be a draft... I'm not too fond of dying young.


Yea, but if I get drafted i'll go. I'm not going to try and draft dodge.

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Originally posted by PlentifulBalls PlentifulBalls wrote:

Originally posted by Cedric Cedric wrote:

I deffinitly don't want there to be a draft... I'm not too fond of dying young.


Yea, but if I get drafted i'll go. I'm not going to try and draft dodge.

I'll deffinitly go to. I'm just saying I don't want to.

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Originally posted by Cedric Cedric wrote:

Originally posted by PlentifulBalls PlentifulBalls wrote:

Originally posted by Cedric Cedric wrote:

I deffinitly don't want there to be a draft... I'm not too fond of dying young.


Yea, but if I get drafted i'll go. I'm not going to try and draft dodge.

I'll deffinitly go to. I'm just saying I don't want to.

yea same hea i dont want to but if i had to i would.
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Well, most of you (including me) still have a bit to go.

A year and a half for me on May 21st.


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Originally posted by Bugg Bugg wrote:

Well, no draft will be made by Republicans.

That draft vote in the house a few months ago was made by a dem. and yet the news kept saying it was Bush.

Have you read the bill? It was, indeed, written by a democrat, to protect the poor. It does away with college deferments so that politicians cannot tuck their kids away in college while the po kids do all the dying.
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There wont be a draft. It'll never get through congress, regardless of WHO proposes it.

Quit rabble rousing. Its annoying.

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I wont be able to be Drafted anyway, unless medical Science will Cure my Murmor.

But if they did... well I want to on a BIG Submarine in the middle of no where launching Tomohawks(sp), then be in the middle of it.
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i have a classmate thats a high ranking NAVY officer and he has been saying the navy and airforce have been doing fine for recrutement.

the way i see it if things realy get bad they can always set up navy and airforce on bases doing supply stuff and send more army and marines to infentry school...
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Originally posted by Ejp414 Ejp414 wrote:

Originally posted by WGP guy WGP guy wrote:

Any American should be honored to fight for their country, I know I would be.


I would be honored to fight for a truly worthy cause, regardless of which country the fight would benefit.

This is not a worthy cause, not the least bit so.

But as for the draft, I doubt it.


Im sure you would feel it was worthy if you were being oppressed by a rufless leader.
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Originally posted by merc merc wrote:

i have a classmate thats a high ranking NAVY officer and he has been saying the navy and airforce have been doing fine for recrutement.

the way i see it if things realy get bad they can always set up navy and airforce on bases doing supply stuff and send more army and marines to infentry school...


Problem is, services don't mix well. Also, our country has a point of giving people only one MOS.

Personal belief-we'll be out of Iraq by January 1, 2008. That way, the Republicans will have a year to make themselves look good to the public, and it will be a big boost to their campgain efforts.

My bet is that the draft will not be reinstated, mostly because if it was, the American public would be very pissed. Wouldn't be good for any politicians. However, if it does get passed, and I get drafted, I'll go-worthy cause or not. I don't think we should have invaded, I don't think we should be there, but now that we are, we have to stay and clean up our mess. It sucks, but that's how it works.

Personally, I get drafted-I'm going straight to the nearest Marine recruiting station. USMC all the way.
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