Of course you won’t answer, because there is none. You made a rediculous claim to support a draft, and now you look in desperation to me to make your argument.

How exactly was Germany, who was being pounded by the Russians, going to land the 10 million or more troops it would require to conquer the USA across an ocean on hostile ground, against the worlds largest industrial power? And we were talking about not instituting a draft, not being pacifists.

The USA had a surplus of fighting men until the landing of troops at D-Day. From 41-43, the biggest need was for workers, not military. In 44, more troops were required, but if there wasn’t a draft, US Generals would have been conservative with men’s lives. Direct assaults on hard targets (usually resulting in slaughtering of men) are very easy for Generals to order, but would have been made a little more difficult if more manpower wasn’t readily available in the form of conscription.

In WWI, your claim is even more rediculous. The line had been stalled for years and was simply a massacre on both sides. We actually had no business in that war, as both sides were equally at fault.

Our presence in that war so tilted the balance that Germany was forced to agree to punative terms by the so called “good guys” which lead to the rise of Hitler, and WWII 20 years later.

This is why I was so pleased with the results of my efforts against Max Burns. His Dem opponent is one of the Blue Dogs and is doing a hell of a job. It was won with the narrowest of margins – wouldn’t we be better off if every contest was so decided?

The GOP trotted out a pathetic suck-up to George W. Bush and he could not even win in a district redrawn to give him a better chance.

I was against Paul Broun and tied into the ‘establishment’ in the 10th, but I like what I have seen, so he is very likely to get my support. His opponent is a step in a totally wrong direction.

I also supported Cagle and was proud to do so.

So, I have not jettisoned the GOP entirely, but I DO SUPPORT DEMOCRATS when they are be better, more conservative candidates.

The YR’s just shill for whoever has the party label, no matter how monstrous they are. The GOP deserves to don wear sackcloth and ashes and beg forgiveness, but instead they are in lock step behind the very folks who have so grieviously damaged America.

Partisans of both stripes are the enemy of America.

What Pye? You never have typos?

Again, McCain would not sign whacky tax legislation that Hillary or Obama would.

Right now, McCain is being driven by “special interest” individual Republicans.

But, if the Dems get in, I’m sure you’ve reserved a tony spot in a gulag somewhere.

The money from special interest is what drives them!

You’re right, blind faith in parties is a bad thing. If you are a Democrat, the reason the Republicans are so bad is that you do not hold your Dems to any kind of standard. If you are a Republican, the reason the Dems are so bad is because you do not Republicans to any kind of standard.

If you do not work to improve your own party, the other side has no reason to improve to beat you. On the other hand, put out good candidates, and take the right side of issues, and the other side has to improve or die. Sadly, its easier to just destroy the your oponents than improve yourself.

What gives me the creeps is how so many here subjugate any notion of principle to an utterly lamentable party that has brought upon America the greatest wave of corruption in her history.

Despite my years of support for the GOP, it has NEVER, EVER been blind support. When the party nominated Dole in 1996, who know nothing of conservatism, I voted for the other GOP candidates, but refused to vote for him.

I remember my friend Phil Kent wailing to me that if good conservatives like me stayed home, Clinton would win. I did, he did and I was proud of my INDEPENDENCE in the face of the GOP slap in the face of conservatism. Fact of the matter was that Clinton probably made more of a conservative President than Dole ever would have.

Folks who are blindly partisan are the problem and can never be part of the solution. And that goes for both sides.

So you do not think that there is any difference between being forced to do something against your will and doing something with your consent?

A draft implies that you are chattle of the government. Volunteering as a soldier has no such implication.

Do you maintain that DRAFT = involuntary servitude does not imply that ENLISTMENT = voluntary servitude?

If that is your arguement, I have no response.

Hmmmmm.

You are the one that claims that “we would be speaking German” after WWI or WWII if we didn’t have a draft. Please explain how this would have happen, I am in need of a good laugh.

Of course he didn;t say that. Argue with some intellectual honesty.

If you are so in favor of a draft, would you object to the government hauling you off to farm for national security reasons? If you think that is wrong, then it is wrong if it is for war as well.

If the government cannot convince it’s citizens that a war is neccessary, the war should not be faught. Besides conscripts are nigh useless.

So, you actually believe that Germany would have conquered the USA in both WWi and WWII?

You do realize that WWI was just a slaughterhouse with almost no movement in the line until we chose sides (a mistake) and threw off the balance of the war. If we had not entered WWI, Germany could have found a suitable peace.

Instead we allow the equally guilty France/England/Russia dictate overly harsh terms leading to the rise of Hitler and WWII.

Before making absurd comments, actually read history.

If you spend all your time watching what people do, rather than understanding what drives them, don’t bitch to me if the Dems get in and decide to pass a 95% marginal tax on any income you make over $100,000.

If you think that the time I spent in the Army was voluntary servitude, then you are a little confused about the military, or are confused about servitude.

Did you know that foreign law was used as justification for conscription?

If not for drafts, America may have had to start speaking German in 1917 or 1945. My great grandfather was drafted into WWI and my great uncles were drafted into WWII.

It would be nice to say that all wars can be fought with an all volunteer army, but most people will not fight for freedom unless forced to do so. War is a nasty thing, be the consequences of not going to war can sometimes be a lot worse than sacrifices that war calls on nations to make.

So what did it reveal?

Romeguy,

Demonbeck?

I can’t imagine who else you might be referring to…