It shouldn't take a draft

[mtnsnake]

to get people into the streets in masses...chanting, marching, and calling for an end to this immoral Iraq war.

Sure, a draft would cause the amount of public protesting to multiply by a hundred. Why wait for a draft, though?

Besides, for the people who think it would take a draft to stop this war, don't you realize that Bush is not going to introduce a draft? He and the Republican War Party know all too well that this war can run on cruise control for at least 3 more years just the way it is, as long as there is NOT a draft. He and the Republican War Machine know the benefits a long drawn-out war like this can mean for their economy. With this unethical war, the rich will get richer, as we're already seeing with obscene record-breaking profits of the oil companies. The only way the Bushco cronies introduce a draft is when they run out of all other options to keep their war machine going.

We shouldn't wait around hoping that a draft is what it takes to rile people up and out of their chairs to head for the streets. There are too many lives at stake, and we should already be riled enough without a draft being imposed.

It shouldn't take a draft for people to feel strong enough in their disgust of Bush that they can get away from whatever it is they're doing for a while and out into the streets carrying signs. Venting about the war online is a great, but we need to extend our protests into the streets for the sake of peace and the sake of our country.

It shouldn't take a draft for people of any age...but especially our young people...to stand up in defiance of such obvious evil.

No, it shouldn't take a draft to get people into the streets. All it should take is what's happened already and what's happening right now in front of our own disbelieving eyes. THAT is what it should take, not a draft.

[Neil Lisst]

1. Amen. Let's think this through, logically.

Do we really want to give George Bush the chance to make felons of hundreds of thousands of young men, for refusing to submit to a draft?

Do we want to ship unwilling soldiers for a war we don't even believe in?

You don't give a fascist like Bush a way to silence his domestic opposition while fueling his war army.

[mtnsnake]

4. Good post, Neil. For an immoral war like this, there IS no logical reason

to hope for a draft. We need to be doing everything in our power to prevent one.

[Neil Lisst]

8. theoretically, a draft brings reality to middle America, but ...

... but isn't middle America already done with Bush?

[MADem]

2. While your premise is correct, people are easily distracted

...and all politics is local. Too many people cannot tap into that altruistic spirit, and will only get off their butts when it is their butt on the line. Would that it were not so....

[mtnsnake]

10. That's the very sad reality of it, true, but the same people ought to

realize that their butts ARE on the line. While they might not be on the line in immediate terms as far as a draft, they're on the line as far as all other issues concerning Bush. Spying on private citizens, the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer, church interfering with government, and the disappearing environment are just a few other reasons why all our butts are on the line. Add the Iraq War to the list and it's really amazing how little that people are doing to publicly display their dissatisfaction/anger from outside their homes.

[Erika]

3. We can contract the war out and spare the draft

Contractors performing the same duties as our military are paid three times as much. If the voluntary army disappoints, the government will just contract those services. World Corporatism will reign supreme.

[sheelz]

5. Do you support mercenaries?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

6. Bush's "the next president will clean up my mess" BULLSHIT...

...was THOROUGHLY unacceptable.

He's spent his whole LIFE allowing OTHERS to clean up his MESS.

The Saudi Royal Fucking Family handing him one business after another to run into the ground. ENJOY your loss, Saudi Royal Family. Fellate your GOD George Herbert Walker Bush and ENJOY YOUR LOSS. You asked for it, you GOT it, FUCK you.

His corrupt P.O.S. old man, stepping in to pull his ass out of the frying pan (just like he is in 2006 by pulling in James Baker in an attempt to salvage some honor from the Iraq debacle)...

How much is "too much?"

At what point will the "base"...the clueless inbred fucking SHEEP... realize that we went into Iraq simply because Bush's PNAC dick got HARD, and it was WRONG, but we did it anyway?

As long as 35% "approve" of the way Bush is running things, my attitude is "See you in hell, you 35% motherf**kers"....

[HysteryDiagnosis]

7. It's not a war, it's an occupation. n/t

[Jeffersons Ghost]

9. recommended and

kicked :kick: