Conscription Re: They gave their lives....

[John D. Giorgis]

At 07:30 AM 6/10/01 -0700 Doug Pensinger wrote:
>Personally, I think that conscription for a Viet Nam like war, where the
>security of the country is not directly threatened, is not justified.  I
don't
>think that some sort of national service (military or no) is such a bad idea.

Would conscription have been justified to fight Germany in WWII?

Would conscription have been justified in 1940?

JDG
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