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Brian_Expat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-03 01:40 PM
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What do you bet. . .
That Dubya will come out for gays in the military?

He'll achieve two key things with it politically:

1) He can claim he's not anti-gay when he and Karl Rove launch their huge anti-gay campaign -- he can point out his position on the military and claim "tolerance."

2) When he reinstates the draft, he adds millions of additional potential cannon fodder to the rolls!
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KissMyAsscroft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-03 01:58 PM
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1. I seriously doubt that...


1) His base will not tolerate it.

2)There's plenty of "cannon fodder" if they reinstate the draft.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-03 02:10 PM
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3. You mean WHEN they reinstate the draft.
Do the math.
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Brian_Expat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-03 02:14 PM
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6. I have no doubt we'll be in the "don't return alive" platoons
It will be a great way to kill off large numbers of gays, without having to open a single messy, expensive camp.
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Intelsucks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-03 02:09 PM
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2. I'm almost 35 Years old. Could I be drafted at that age?
Does anyone know what the cut-off age is?:shrug:
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-03 02:12 PM
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4. The Pamphlets at the Post office put it at 18 to 25
But I'm not sure it won't creep up a bit once they get started. Still I'd think 35 you'd be safe.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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Intelsucks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-03 02:13 PM
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5. Damn, that's a tight window. Thanks for the link.
n/t
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