[Peace-discuss] no thanks, with a grateful heart.

[C. G. Estabrook]

The reason the Pentagon doesn't want the draft back is that a citizens' army is 
more likely to object.

Note the ongoing substitution of mercenaries for even the "volunteer" army.


On 7/23/11 10:06 AM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
>  Anti-war Bible scholar Laurence Vance is ungrateful for the American
>  military-
>
>  He writes:
>
>  Sorry, soldiers, I don't thank you for your service.
>
>  * I don't thank you for your service in fighting foreign wars. * I
>  don't thank you for your service in fighting without a congressional
>  declaration of war. * I don't thank you for your service in bombing
>  and destroying Iraq and Afghanistan. * I don't thank you for your
>  service in killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Afghans. * I
>  don't thank you for your service in expanding the war on terror to
>  Pakistan and Yemen. * I don't thank you for your service in occupying
>  over 150 countries around the world. * I don't thank you for your
>  service in garrisoning the planet with over 1,000 military bases. * I
>  don't thank you for your service in defending our freedoms when you
>  do nothing of the kind. * I don't thank you for your service as part
>  of the president's personal attack force to bomb, invade, occupy, and
>  otherwise bring death and destruction to any country he deems
>  necessary.
>
>  Thank you for your service? I don't think so.
>
>  http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance250.html
>
>
>
>  This body part will be downloaded on demand.
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