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

[Doug Pensinger]

"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
> 
> At 08:29 PM 6/10/01 -0700 Doug Pensinger 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 in 1940?
> >>
> >
> >You would have had a hard time convincing U.S. Americans that it was.
> 
> I didn't ask Americans, I asked you.
> 

Well, we weren't officially at war with anyone so I'd probably have to say
that no, it wouldn't be justified.  

Doug