> Dan Minette wrote: > > > ... > > > I was considering it too. But my guess is that American > politicians > > > know that an actual wartime draft would be political > suicide. (And > > > unlike some other countries (e.g. Germany) we don't have > it in our > > > culture to accept a peacetime draft. Maybe if unemployment > > > skyrocketed, we would eventually change our minds.) > > > > We had it from the end of WWII to the end of Nam. During 'Nam it > > wasn't peacetime, but before Nam really got going and after Korea, > > there was no big war going on. I think you are right that > it wouldn't > > pass now, but I think that's part of an unfortunate > > development...expecting other people's kids to fight wars that we > > decide are in the national interest. > > Dan-- > Correct. But I meant "as in Germany". The system is > that every able-bodied young male has to do something. It > can either be around 15 months of military service, > (regimentation, no combat, serious drinking...) or a bit > longer of alternative service > (changing bedpans, say). In economic terms, it's a labor > tax. That's a bit different from having a draft in place but not > calling anyone up.
What a tragic idea! You're talking about social engineering on a scale that boggles me. -j- _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
