The Draft

[Elspode]

Originally posted by Griff
Where's the hate?

After finding out my old man also used the Navy as a taxi service, they started up with the GD Gooks this the blankety slant eyes that.

While I myself choose not to buy into racism and hate, I often have found myself wondering whether or not I would have the luxury of such a moral high ground if I had been slogging thorough Korea or Vietnam with every bush and tree a potential hiding place for someone who wants nothing more than to blow me into little pieces as though with a Quake railgun shot.

I might be less than nice to whatever foreign citizen whose country I'd fought in if I'd had to endure that. I can't say, since I was fortunate enough to miss being drafted by a couple of weeks at the end of Vietnam, and had enough marketable skills to keep me out of the service as a last resort for job training.

And don't get me wrong...I understand the connection between our military and the reasons I can sit here and say any of this in the first place, and I am the *last* person to criticize those who serve in order to keep me and my family safe in this country.

Face it, we're all spoiled. The last war we had in the contiguous 48 was us trying to kill each other. Still, racism is never a good thing, and war is always wrong. I believe in self-defense, and unfortunately, the best form of self-defense (against the entire frigging world who wants to take what we have here and shove it up our backsides in many, many cases) is certain and provable strength.

Now, ask me if I think we should blow up Baghdad...I don't know yet, but go ahead, ask me. And as for a draft, well, do we need the people in order to remain strong as a nation? If so, then we need a draft...and I have children approaching draft age.

The world is a scary damn place, isn't it?

BTW...Griff, glad to see you're taking that new title seriously, dude!