Re: Conscription Re: They gave their lives....

[Doug Pensinger]

Removes misplaced question mark, adds missing l

Doug Pensinger wrote:
> 
> "John D. Giorgis" wrote:
> >
> > 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?
> 
> Unless you don't consider Pearl Harbor a direct threat.
>                              ^^^                     ^^^
> >
> > Would conscription have been justified in 1940?
> >
> 
> You would have had a hard time convincing U.S. Americans that it was.
> 
> Doug