Monday, June 07, 2004
Texas Air National Guard, Anyone?
MSNBC: Could the Draft Come Back?0 comments
Yes. It's a lead-pipe cinch.
Here's the clincher:
The president, the secretary of Defense and any number of senior lawmakers have all insisted that a draft is not necessary—nor in the works. “I don’t know anyone in the executive branch of the government who believes that it would be appropriate or necessary to reinstitute the draft,” Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in an April speech. “There isn’t any reason in the world why we can’t manage this force better with less stress on it, and it simply requires changing the rules, changing the requirements, changing the regulations in ways that we can manage that force considerably better.”
Start hoarding the body bags.
I pass this along as a national service.
And this mandatory reading. [Note: There'll be a quiz.]
And this.
And this. Although $75.00 is rather steep for a book that used to be 75¢. I guess they're anticipating demand.
But I must confess to the guilty pleasure of thinking of all those rich, white prep boys and girls opening up a letter from the government, thinking it'll be about their government college loan for their Ivy League classes in the fall.
Surprise...
Get used to this phrase:
"Greetings..."
posted by Gotham 12:28 AM
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