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.
--- Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I live in an area where troops are regularly
> deployed from and they
> themselves have told me the US Army is basically
> made up of F***ups.
> Sometimes they are given a choice between jail or
> the service. They
> did not get educations which is why they can be
> manipulated so
> easily. Soldiers in Iraq are going AWOL in huge
> numbers.
> How do you justify killing our boys for this unjust
> war and also
> justify all the innocent Iraqui citizens, more than
> ten times them to
> Americans.
> Does anyone else think it is a travesty when 100 of
> our guys are
> killed, then 1000 of their civilians are killed?
> This war is gross
> and yes Ken finally even Reps are recognizing it. I
> love you guys but
> I have had to delete most of Kens posts because they
> make so angry.
> If we don't follow Geneva Conventions we can't
> expect anyone else to
> do so. Good leaders are supposed to set examples of
> good behavior not
> the type we have been setting. I hate Bush and how
> he has hurt this
> country. Thank god Americans are waking up. Not soon
> enough. Our sons
> and daughters and even our grandchildren are in hock
> to his unbridled
> greed to make his friends richer at the expense of
> the rest of humanity.
> VOTE DEMOCRATIC if you care about this country.
>
> At 08:13 PM 10/31/2006, you wrote:
>> I know we just went a round that lasted a couple of
>> days and my hands are sore, but, you all probably
> know
>> about the flap with John Kerry's hoof in mouth
> problem
>> starting yesterday.
>>
>> While campaigning in California, Kerry told a
> college
>> crowd on Monday: "You know, education, if you make
> the
>> most of it, you study hard, you do your homework
> and
>> you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If
>> you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."
>>
>> OF corse he has been ask to appologise for
> denegrating
>> the troops, but refuses.
>>
>> what say you all.
>>
>>
>>
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