US Draft

[nyja]

i sent this to my mom who sent it to as many people as she could think of and we got it to some local news places

hopefully it'll help


just scanning over the posts i saw something about palestine and israel: america should stop supporting israel

check out english.aljazeera.net for uncensored news

Rabaril

It irks me that so many people feel comfortable playing "armchair athlete" with today's politics... Unless you have run a country (and I haven't either!), you have no idea what kind of pressure you would be under...

don't be hypocritical.

Tiraid made a good point,

I am, however, against the draft. The sole reason is that women are included. I cannot believe that this nation has fallen so low as to force it's women to go to war. I was never really for woman in combat in the first place, but if a few really wanted to go, so be it.

the US has pushed for gender equality for the last century. if it excluded women, then it just wouldn't be fair at this point in time. having equal rights to men comes with advantages but also consequences.

But, there were a few who did want to fight, and if a Draft was instated and it excluded women, once everything was said and finished, that would just be more fuel to the fire... Whoever was in office at the time, would be attacked for that... I am unsure what has happened in this country, but WE (the global community) have come to a point where if EVERYONE's views aren't being supported then it's WRONG.. And hey, screw morality, who needs morality when we have freedom of speech (which we will abuse and take out of context every day of our lives...)

actually. if the US government was a real democracy and not a wealthy persons brown-nosing game, then everyone's views would matter. if they had mattered, the iraq war would not have happened.

if everyone doesn't support something, then it might just be a good idea to hear their reasoning. don't be so one-sided.

a lot of those people who died could have done great things. now they're dead.

Fuck you and the horse you rode in on... You stupid ignorant bastard...

for you as well. beside of your immaturity and ignorant arguments, you violate three forum rules. (Basic Rules - remember to read before posting!)

Bush did what no one else would, he fucking stood up against an attack, instead of fucking running away and trying to talk and pay people off (look up "Clinton, China, Nuclear missles")

iraq didn't attack the us. george w. was making up for what daddy didn't get a chance to do. afghanistan may have been justified, given al-Qaida actually exists.

Hey, you know 9/11 that everyone says was such a tragedy, it was a MASS MURDER, premeditated, if an American has done this, the entire world would have said, "Burn him on a stake.." But, since the Al-Queda were acting under "Islam's Jihad" it was WRONG for Bush to stand up to them... FUCK YOU!

from what you've said, it seems like you're linking the war in iraq to the attacks on sept. 11. the protestors opposing the war didn't think it was wrong to "stand up" to them. they just saw farther than the present and peaceful ways to go about things. who knows where this "war on terror" will go. i really hope not ww3. there are a lot of terrorists out there, certainly expanding beyond the middle east. if this is truly a war on terror and not some big public diversion of attention from something else, then i feel sorry for all the little kids growing up.

i wouldn't rule out the US having something to do with those attacks.

I'm going to stop now, because as it is going right now, I could continue typing all day...

it is a good idea to not argue on a topic you don't know much about or are one-sided about. try to keep an open mind.


i'm not defending the person whose opinions were attacked by you and i'm neither a republican or a democrat just so you know. i can actually listen to both sides of a story and then challenge both from the inbetween area to find out the truth. being opinionated like you are proves how close-minded you are.

i hope the time i took actually helps you think and find out things for yourself,not just believe everything others tell you.

this topic wasn't intended for heated arguments. it was made to support the youth of america so that tens of thousands of college age people trying to make their lives as they want don't get sent off to get shot up while wealthy politicians sit around and run a puppet show.