even though that study i sent the link for says that a
draft would lower the quality of the military, i'd
still support some kind of service.
when i tried to volunteer for the navy at 19 to go to
viet nam, and could not pass the physical, i'd have
really liked to have had some other service that i
could have done.
do they not have something like this in Isreal?
--- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Mag, by "National Service" I meant all sorts of
> jobs,not just the
> military. It'd be kind of like the work programs
> that the government
> put in place in the 1930s, except it'd be compulsory
> for one or two
> years.
>
> Kat
>
>
> On 1 Nov 2006, at 20:42, Tamar Raine wrote:
>
> Ken,
> I know high school teacher in West virginia who said
> that employment ops
> are so poor there that kids enlist in the service to
> get out of poverty.
>
> Kat, I disagree. i think sending kids to die for a
> country is wrong. I'd
> rather draft teachers to teach.
>
> Tamar Raine
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> > [Original Message]
> > From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: 11/1/2006 4:05:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: I REALLY HATE TO ASK BUT.....
> >
> > even if i give you the fact that you think it
> truth,
> > why insult them, what is the point?
> >
> > now as to wheather what was said has some truth,
> let
> > me just give you this link.
> >
> >
> >
>
http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/cda05-08.cfm
> >
> > it is quite lenghty, but answers some of the
> myths
> > that are out there. but the troops are higher
> > educated
> > than the general population and they are not the
> > poor and out. this disproves the statement
> completely
> > and so i have to disagree woth the conclusion that
> it
> > is true.
> >>
> >> it looks like the link is broken onto two lines
> so
> >> you
> >> might have to cut and past to get the entire url
> >> into
> >> the address bar and get it to come up.
> >>
> >> --- Elizabeth Thiers <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I think as of this morning, Kerry was asked to
> >>> apologize and refused. The
> >>> reason being that what he says has an ounce of
> >>> truth. The folks mainly
> >>> joining the services aren't college educated
> >> people
> >>> or people who can afford
> >>> to go college. They are folks who can't afford
> to
> >>> go to college, are
> >>> joining to get money for college, or are poor
> and
> >>> need a job. More and
> >>> more, people like most of my family, who would
> go
> >> to
> >>> work at a factory for a
> >>> living wage are being pushed out of the job
> >> market.
> >>> Many folks join the
> >>> service for an opportunity to get educated in
> >>> something.
> >>> There needs to be a draft because of the huge
> >>> recruiting short falls, and
> >>> huge need thanks to the war on terror
> >>> but,unfortunately, as the present
> >>> administration knows, it would be considered
> >>> political suicide.
> >>> So, while it may sound insulting and politically
> >>> motivating, the comment is
> >>> true. Get an education or your choices for a
> >> career
> >>> are slim....
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Beth t.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Cerebral Palsy List
> >>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >>>> On Behalf Of Kathleen Salkin
> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 5:47 AM
> >>>> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>>> Subject: Re: I REALLY HATE TO ASK BUT.....
> >>>>
> >>>> I agree, Ken. I think Kerry's remark was
> >> totally
> >>>> inappropriate and wrong - the caliber of the
> >>> volunteer army
> >>>> has been really high - it's the extended tours
> >> of
> >>> duty and
> >>>> stretching of resources that has them do things
> >>> that smart
> >>>> people wouldn't otherwise be doing at home.
> >>>>
> >>>> Now I know I will be castigated for saying this
> >>> but I think
> >>>> we need to go back to the draft for men and
> >>> include females.
> >>>> Other countries make national service
> compulsory
> >>> for its
> >>>> young people, and I think there's nothing wrong
> >>> with
> >>>> requiring a national service of some sort,
> >>> military or
> >>>> non-military so that young people can get job
> >>> experience and
> >>>> work for their country.
> >>>>
> >>>> Presently, a draft would ease the burden on our
> >>> forces and
> >>>> hopefully bring a swifter conclusion to our
> >>> presence in Iraq.
> >>>>
> >>>> Kat
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 1 Nov 2006, at 00:22, ken barber wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> i ask about john kerry's statement and was
> >>> wondering if
> >>>> anyone thought there would be any fall out, i
> >> see
> >>> nothing
> >>>> that relates to that so i am going to ignore
> >> your
> >>> post for
> >>>> the most part as nothing i could say will
> change
> >>> your self
> >>>> admited hate.
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