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Sylvarantinc said:
Here in Belgium the liberal army union recently proposed reinforcing the draft here in belgium because "it creates friendships for life" lol.
I think it's a ridiculous concept so no sign up for me, being colorblind I would be pretty useless anyways

 

I'm actually a pretty big fan of "forced" military service (which is different from the draft) but I think claiming it is to create friendships for life is pretty silly ...

 



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If America had actually been attacked by a country with a sizable army like China, then I might agree that a draft could be an option. But Iran? Come on. The only reason we WOULD need a draft to deal with Iran is because we have squandered our military resources in Iraq.



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

akuma587 said:
If America had actually been attacked by a country with a sizable army like China, then I might agree that a draft could be an option. But Iran? Come on. The only reason we WOULD need a draft to deal with Iran is because we have squandered our military resources in Iraq.

 

Vietnam is a tiny country with a weak army and yet the United States could not handle it without a draft ... Whether a draft is necessary or not would really depend on how many nations would use a war in Iran as a proxy to fight the United States.



Iran, Syria and Russia are not threats to the US. At all.

If the U.S. was actually attacked, I would answer the draft call... but it has not been and will not be. I refuse to die to keep Israel safe.

 



HappySqurriel said:
Sylvarantinc said:
Here in Belgium the liberal army union recently proposed reinforcing the draft here in belgium because "it creates friendships for life" lol.
I think it's a ridiculous concept so no sign up for me, being colorblind I would be pretty useless anyways

 

I'm actually a pretty big fan of "forced" military service (which is different from the draft) but I think claiming it is to create friendships for life is pretty silly ...

 

I am not and never will be a fan of "forced" service. I find it most disheartening that the people would be forced to serve the government. 

 



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HappySqurriel said:
akuma587 said:
If America had actually been attacked by a country with a sizable army like China, then I might agree that a draft could be an option. But Iran? Come on. The only reason we WOULD need a draft to deal with Iran is because we have squandered our military resources in Iraq.

 

Vietnam is a tiny country with a weak army and yet the United States could not handle it without a draft ... Whether a draft is necessary or not would really depend on how many nations would use a war in Iran as a proxy to fight the United States.

Name one that would even consider it that has much of a military?  I doubt Russia would for a country it has such a minor interest in.

 



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

Not fucking likely. Wouldn't fight for my own country, let alone someone elses.



akuma587 said:
HappySqurriel said:
akuma587 said:
If America had actually been attacked by a country with a sizable army like China, then I might agree that a draft could be an option. But Iran? Come on. The only reason we WOULD need a draft to deal with Iran is because we have squandered our military resources in Iraq.

 

Vietnam is a tiny country with a weak army and yet the United States could not handle it without a draft ... Whether a draft is necessary or not would really depend on how many nations would use a war in Iran as a proxy to fight the United States.

Name one that would even consider it that has much of a military?  I doubt Russia would for a country it has such a minor interest in.

 

You don't (really) need much of an army, and the soldiers/equpment that is given as aid doesn't have to come directly from a government, in order to (greatly) increase the difficulty of a war against a country like Iran ... A 15 year old from Pakistan who is promised $10,000 (from Saudi Arabia) for his family if he dies and is armed with a $25 AK47 that is manufactured in China is still very deadly.

 



HappySqurriel said:
akuma587 said:
HappySqurriel said:
akuma587 said:
If America had actually been attacked by a country with a sizable army like China, then I might agree that a draft could be an option. But Iran? Come on. The only reason we WOULD need a draft to deal with Iran is because we have squandered our military resources in Iraq.

 

Vietnam is a tiny country with a weak army and yet the United States could not handle it without a draft ... Whether a draft is necessary or not would really depend on how many nations would use a war in Iran as a proxy to fight the United States.

Name one that would even consider it that has much of a military?  I doubt Russia would for a country it has such a minor interest in.

 

You don't (really) need much of an army, and the soldiers/equpment that is given as aid doesn't have to come directly from a government, in order to (greatly) increase the difficulty of a war against a country like Iran ... A 15 year old from Pakistan who is promised $10,000 (from Saudi Arabia) for his family if he dies and is armed with a $25 AK47 that is manufactured in China is still very deadly.

 

That's not what you said though.  That is sort of what is happening/has happened in Iraq, but that is completely different from the Vietnam war.

 



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

I'd definitely join. No better way to die then to go down honorably in my opinion. It just sucks your only remembered as statistic and a group rather than an individual. I don't agree with war or anything America does but I'm not going to let a bunch of other people die in a war they don't agree with while I sit back and bitch about it.