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The reason the Pentagon doesn't want the draft back is that a
citizens' army is more likely to object.<br>
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Note the ongoing substitution of mercenaries for even the
"volunteer" army.<br>
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On 7/23/11 10:06 AM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> Anti-war Bible scholar Laurence
Vance is ungrateful for the American<br>
> military-<br>
> <br>
> He writes:<br>
> <br>
> Sorry, soldiers, I don’t thank you for your service.<br>
> <br>
> * I don’t thank you for your service in fighting foreign
wars. * I<br>
> don’t thank you for your service in fighting without a
congressional<br>
> declaration of war. * I don’t thank you for your service in
bombing<br>
> and destroying Iraq and Afghanistan. * I don’t thank you for
your<br>
> service in killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and
Afghans. * I<br>
> don’t thank you for your service in expanding the war on
terror to<br>
> Pakistan and Yemen. * I don’t thank you for your service in
occupying<br>
> over 150 countries around the world. * I don’t thank you for
your<br>
> service in garrisoning the planet with over 1,000 military
bases. * I<br>
> don’t thank you for your service in defending our freedoms
when you<br>
> do nothing of the kind. * I don’t thank you for your service
as part<br>
> of the president’s personal attack force to bomb, invade,
occupy, and<br>
> otherwise bring death and destruction to any country he deems<br>
> necessary.<br>
> <br>
> Thank you for your service? I don’t think so.<br>
> <br>
> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance250.html">http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance250.html</a><br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> This body part will be downloaded on demand.</span><br>
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