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On Sat, 07 Sep 1996 17:41:34 GMT, rex@intr.net (Rex) wrote:

>I fail to see how Vietnam in any way solidified the freedom of
>Americans, but that is another topic altogether.

It would have if we had won!  However, politics got in in the way and
some people felt that it was not their duty to serve their country.  I
still feel that it is every citizens duty to serve their country in
some way!

>There are many Vets who would prefer to not have gone, did not join
>the military voluntarily, and who suffered a great deal because of the
>draft.

Oh you can count me among them.  I could have thought of a great many
places I would rather have been and I did suffer from that duty (I
have the holes in me to prove it).  Also there are a great many Vet's
that were drafted and did not go any where near Vietnam.  
>
>I am glad that you are not one of those people.
>
I still suffer a great deal, especially when I think of the friends
that I lost over there.   

>Just like it takes an "act of Congress" to raise taxes or increase the
>pay of Congressmen.  Congress "acts" on a daily basis.  Why do people
>use this arguement when trying to convince others that a draft is
>unlikely?  Acts of Congress are common, easy, and can be done quite
>quickly (when they want to).

Evidently you haven't been watching the news lately.  Congress never
acts swiftly<G>.  In the light of the Vietnam War I doubt that
congress would ever have the guts to re-instate the draft unless they
first had declared war.

>It depends on if it is an election year, and what politics are
>involved.  The US need to create enemies in times of peace for PR
>purposes.  Someday, this might escalate and backfire. 

Don't be quite so cinical, the voters have very long memories!

>Me too. That will cut my chances of being sent to Iraq, (or the enemy
>du jour) for a presidential campaign war, more than in half - Since
>there are more women in the US then men, 

The Gulf War (which this latest thing is) was Bush's war not Clinton's
war.

Dave Hutchings
In New Hampshire
EMail Address drftg@mv.mv.com