If The Draft Was Reinstated Would You Favor College Deferrments?

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treeguy64 said:
Ah, because our draft was so successful at preventing our military adventurism, for the enrichment of the MIC, in the past, right? Back to the drawing board, Trade.
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I beg to differ. The anti-war movement, which got a lot of it's energy from the draft, was what finally got us out of Vietnam.

Nowadays I'm seeing a totally different attitude. Instead of "Hell no, we won't go!" It's "So what? I don't have to go" as they chant USA! USA! USA! while they suck down beer and hot wings at the sports bar and watch the war on CNN.
 
A program of civil service requiring 18-24 months of services would be a life lesson to some while keeping others out of jails. Statistics show a four year degree is not what it used to be and "proven work" is preferred to four years of dorm life. A "draft" would not require military service and could be like the National Guard without the weapons i.e., shovels instead of rifles.
 
treeguy64 said:
Ah, because our draft was so successful at preventing our military adventurism, for the enrichment of the MIC, in the past, right? Back to the drawing board, Trade.
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"Military Industrial Complex", now there is a phrase I haven't heard since the 70s. "Imperialist Aggression"- Che's Book of Quotes
 
I know a little bit about the Vietnam War , after Khe Sanh, the north did not have enough troops to put in the field, the vietcong were just about done , North Vietnam was there for the taking, that's all I have to say.
treeguy64 said:
"A little bit pink???" LMAO! You are aware that former high-ranking military leaders, Shwarzkopf among them, were those who came out with the revelations that Viet Nam was an unwinnable war, from the start, and never should have been undertaken.
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john19485 said:
I know a little bit about the Vietnam War , after Khe Sanh, the north did not have enough troops to put in the field, the vietcong were just about done , North Vietnam was there for the taking, that's all I have to say.
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Exactly right. Many people think we lost the War in Vietnam. They are wrong.

On March 29th, 1973, Master Sgt Beilke was the last official combat troop to leave Vietnam. Saigon did not fall to the communists until April 1975. During the entire U.S. involvement in Vietnam, the U.S. never lost a single battle. Not one. To be sure, there were small combat actions where our guys were over-run, but no large scale battles were ever lost.

The United States Military did not "lose", the civilians in America gave the "victory" to the communists. Civilians like Hanoi Jane, other pro-communists, socialists, and fellow travelers, betrayed their country and sold us out.

From the time MSgt Beilke left, until Saigon fell was exactly 25 months. The "victory" was not that of the communists but that of the far leftists of America. They hated America then and they have not changed their spots one iota since.
 
john19485 said:
I know a little bit about the Vietnam War , after Khe Sanh, the north did not have enough troops to put in the field, the vietcong were just about done , North Vietnam was there for the taking, that's all I have to say.
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None of that matters. They would have kept getting back up and coming back at us. That's why they won.

 
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