If what we want is to be the worlds police/expeditionary force than I would agree with you.
That however is not what I want for our future. I would prefer to see a real defense force based on border protection and internal security, with a small expeditionary force likely under the Department of State. On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > compared to what? the arabs surrounding them. > > Simple natural experiment look at the relative performances of the US > army pre and post all volunteer doctrine. The all volunteer army in > Iraq, especially the taking down of the Iraqi Army, has completely > outperformed the draftee army of the Vietnam era. > > > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 12:43 AM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Not sure I agree with that. The Israeli army is pretty damn good... > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Three Ravens Consulting > > Eric Roberts > > Owner/Developer > > [email protected] > > tel: 630-486-5255 > > fax: 630-310-8531 > > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > > ------------------------------------ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:35 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: Shooting at Empire State building.People under stress or > > something? > > > > > > Not sure whether that would work all that well. Up until recently the > > volunteer military was nearly the best in the world. Conscript armies are > > typically nowhere near that good. I think something like a National > Service > > would work better. Something similar to the Civilan Conservation Corps > > during the 30's. But with a military option as well. If everyone is > required > > to serve in the military, how soon before everything else become > militarized > > and we are all servants of the military. Latin America of the 70's and > 80's > > showed how well that sort of arrangement worked. > > > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Eric Roberts > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I actually think that mandatory military service would solve a lot of > >> issues. We take too much for granted. > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> Three Ravens Consulting > >> Eric Roberts > >> Owner/Developer > >> [email protected] > >> tel: 630-486-5255 > >> fax: 630-310-8531 > >> http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > >> ------------------------------------ > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 7:22 PM > >> To: cf-community > >> Subject: Re: Shooting at Empire State building.People under stress or > >> something? > >> > >> > >> Btw, I wouldn't have nearly the problem if we had a rigorous and > >> continuous education system for firearms ownership and use. Something > >> akin to a marshal arts training academy where you not only learn how > >> to fight but when to fight, how to engage and (most importantly) how and > > when to walk away. > >> > >> It would also be different if we had a mandatory military service > >> period, ala Israel, that required rigorous training in firearms safety > >> and engagement. If we really want a commonly armed citizenry, we ought > >> to do away with the volunteer military and establish a mandatory > >> service period with appropriate training. I've gone back and forth of > >> the wisdom of such an approach. It's something I'm still mulling over > >> and can see the pros and cons of. > >> > >> Judah > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354149 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
