[extropy-chat] Fwd: Manditory draft for your child?

[John K Clark]

"Samantha Atkins" <sjatkins at gmail.com>

 > I have no doubt that both Bush and Kerry
 > will in fact push for a draft.

I very much doubt either Bush or Kerry will push for a draft, in fact even
the sponsors of the bill would probably vote against it if the thought there
was any chance of it actually passing. Besides virtually guaranteeing a
politician's defeat in the next election it doesn't even make sense
militarily. The push is for a smaller faster more highly trained
professional army than what the USA had in the Vietnam days, and that seems
to be an effective way to go.  A couple of hundred thousand resentful ill
trained draftees would not improve the situation in Iraq both Bush and Kerry
know it.

  John K Clark   jonkc at att.net