tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067962.post109647480277336520..comments2023-10-09T12:06:00.796-05:00Comments on Iowa Geek: Rekha blames Bush for the military draft bills in CongressDoug Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13321591462356632057noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067962.post-1096486009176019102004-09-29T14:26:00.000-05:002004-09-29T14:26:00.000-05:00You are an inspiration to us all. I am a good lit...You are an inspiration to us all. I am a good little sheep. Baa Baa. Send one for me, Doug!<br /><br />JenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067962.post-1096485378105306662004-09-29T14:16:00.000-05:002004-09-29T14:16:00.000-05:00Blackfive has more comments. My favorite is from S...<A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackfive.net%2Fmain%2F2004%2F09%2Fthe_draft.html">Blackfive has more comments.</A> My favorite is from Steve H:<br /><I>"It's kind of odd, the first generation in America that turned a drafted military into a bunch of "I don't want to fight this war" whiners was the generation of the Baby Boom.<br /><br />The Revolutionary War wasn't exactly drafted, but if you wanted the Redcoats gone, you had to do what you could.<br /><br />Civil War? It may not have been called "draft", but there were levies of soldiers raised.<br /><br />World War I? Draftees by the boat-load, heading over the Atlantic.<br /><br />World War II? From Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima, from Algiers to Normandy, a lot of the soldiers were draftees. <br />In fact, a bill to end the draft was on Roosevelt's desk during the mid-1930's, but he decided to keep the draft.<br /><br />Korea? Draftees, also.<br /><br />Vietnam...well, you know. Draftees. Baby Boomers.<br /><br />By the mid-late 1970's, the military was full of disgruntled draftees. Drug use was rampant. There are stories of Generals who couldn't walk through the enlisted-men's area of the base without a personal body-guard.<br /><br />And then the draft was iced, and the volunteer army was formed. A decade later, America's military was the most efficient fighting machine on the planet, with the best fighting tools.<br /><br />Still are, even if things are a bit over-extended.<br /><br />Like you said, we probably won't need to fight off China or Russia next year."</I>Doug Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13321591462356632057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067962.post-1096476540695109272004-09-29T11:49:00.000-05:002004-09-29T11:49:00.000-05:00The Register never publishes my letters to the edi...The Register never publishes my letters to the editor. Even when I back them up with hard facts. I guess they just prefer to believe that all their readers are sheep. Baaaa....Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796461745620939785noreply@blogger.com