Kill_Thomas9 Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 LINCOLN ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢â∠Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_I_O_T Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Sometimes I forget what we even fight for. I agree that students should not fight in the war but to work for alternatives. We have bigger problems than iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purfishx Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 ^ The only problem we in da caribbean got to worry about is our children. Sigs by: Soa | Gold_Tiger10 | Harrinator1 | Guthix121 | robo | Elmo | Thru | Yaff2 Avatars by: Lit0ua | Unoalexi | Gold Tiger . Hello friend, Senajitkaushik was epic, Good luck bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilperson Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 If you are going to post a news topic, why wouldn't you comment on it? "We have more than 300 million people in this country, but less than 1 percent of our population has to bear all of the burden, to make all of the sacrifices, to do all the fighting and all the dying for the rest of us," he said Well if people don't want to make unnecessary sacrifices, then what does that tell you?' Everybody lovin' it, but ain't no body touchin' it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenin64 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 I don;t have to worry. I'm joining up anyways :D Yes, maybe a little hard to believe, but it's true Command the Murderous Chalices! Drink ye harpooners! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow- Death to Moby Dick!BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 I thought the justification for conscription was that the country was under a serious threat. Considering there is no reason to have to go into Iraq in the first place, and occupying it at the moment is due to the culmination of the United States governments appauling foreign policy over the past fifty years - There is no serious threat to the USA. Conscription to support a blunder is probably more criminal than the entering of Iraq in the first place. His speech made me feel nauseous. Another kick in the face for the country founded on Philosophy, i doubt this would ever get past the house of representatives. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runeman231 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 There's been discussion of the draft returning for about six months, this isn't new news... Also, I see no reason to even be in Iraq. Ugh I can see this thread bursting into a mass flame war... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionheart_0 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Oh man... Now there is gonna be a rush of Americans to Canada to escape the Draft.... :evil: Sig by IkuraiYour Guide to Posting! Behave or I will send my Moose mounted Beaver launchers at you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runeman231 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Oh man... Now there is gonna be a rush of Americans to Canada to escape the Draft.... :evil: I doubt it. Don't worry, less than 13 months until lil' Bush gets out of office.. ah that sounds so nice :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill_Thomas9 Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 If you are going to post a news topic, why wouldn't you comment on it? "We have more than 300 million people in this country, but less than 1 percent of our population has to bear all of the burden, to make all of the sacrifices, to do all the fighting and all the dying for the rest of us," he said Well if people don't want to make unnecessary sacrifices, then what does that tell you?' Because the only thought I have in the matter is "Well that sucks". Oh man... Now there is gonna be a rush of Americans to Canada to escape the Draft.... :evil: I doubt it. Don't worry, less than 13 months until lil' Bush gets out of office.. ah that sounds so nice :) Last I checked bush wasn't incharge of the military. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errdoth Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Meh... they've been stuff like this saying this ever since afganistan. Me is almost thinking this its some sort of scare technique, trying to show people that the war is real. Last.fm Signature Overlays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLancer Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Last I checked bush wasn't incharge of the military. I hope you're kidding :? The entire war started because of his conviction and 'messages from God' that he should enter this war to 'protect the american people'. Yes, he is the commander-in-chief by law and all generals ultimately answer to him. He could drop an atomic bomb on Iraq if he wanted to, because it's a military resource. He doesn't need approval from the senate or congress to use a weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ember3579 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 If you are going to post a news topic, why wouldn't you comment on it? "We have more than 300 million people in this country, but less than 1 percent of our population has to bear all of the burden, to make all of the sacrifices, to do all the fighting and all the dying for the rest of us," he said Well if people don't want to make unnecessary sacrifices, then what does that tell you?' Because the only thought I have in the matter is "Well that sucks". Oh man... Now there is gonna be a rush of Americans to Canada to escape the Draft.... :evil: I doubt it. Don't worry, less than 13 months until lil' Bush gets out of office.. ah that sounds so nice :) Last I checked bush wasn't incharge of the military. He is. If he weren't, the military would have free reign to do whatever the Hell it wants. The President's called the "Commander in Chief" for a reason. Anyway, I think his point is the fact that we are so screwed over that we'd NEED a draft to finish this mess without causing the Middle East to explode (there's at least 2 Nuke-carrying nations over there, one of which being Israel, which most extremists/Nazi wannabes would like to see wiped off the map), with severe damage worldwide (Middle East=oil, oil=almost everything's base material/fuel). This is PRECISELY why I think W's a flipping idiot. You never know which rabbit hole you jump into will lead to Wonderland. - Ember3579Aku Soku Zan. - ShinsengumiYou wanna mess with me or my friends? Pick your poison.If you have any complaints about me, please refer to this link. Your problems are important to me.Don't talk smack if you're not willing to say it to the person's face. On the same line, if you're not willing to back up your opinions no matter what, your opinion may as well be nonexistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconBomba Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 If there is ever a draft in the U.S. I'm staking my claim as a Canadian and the last to carry on my family name (that is a legal way to avoid a draft) to get the heck out of there. I like war games, but I'm a strategist and you can respawn on Fps, Paintball is fun and airsoft too but, real guns aren't my deal. I'm better with animals to protect and care for. Blender builderToday's experiment is:Learning how to make light industrial space craft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzenegger Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 "there's going be a draft tomorrow!" type articles and speculations have been going on for as long as I can remember... Runescaper (off and on) since late 2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLancer Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 If there is ever a draft in the U.S. I'm staking my claim as a Canadian and the last to carry on my family name (that is a legal way to avoid a draft) to get the heck out of there. I like war games, but I'm a strategist and you can respawn on Fps, Paintball is fun and airsoft too but, real guns aren't my deal. I'm better with animals to protect and care for. Not that avoiding war isn't a good survival strategy, but I'm very surprised at the attitudes of people here. If there was a military draft I wouldn't really even give a second thought to 'fleeing the country' if I could make the slightest difference in making a hostile power reconsider their actions against my country. Not that the Iraq or Afghanistan wars have a particularly strong meaning anyways. I don't even know what the heck NATO is doing in Afghanistan other than desperately trying to stop them from exporting heroin (which has so far been a miserable failure since the crops and exports increase every year by nearly 100%) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubsa Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 I don't know about you Americans, but I wouldn't go fight a war manifested by a God-fearing man in a creamy homestead. This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakka102 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Theres no way I'm joining the war on Iraq. I would consider a draft if it was actually a war worth fighting but I can't stand the war in Iraq, its useless and terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGuff1 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 I don't know why these politicians are floating these rumors out there and scaring people. The last guy who introduced a bill to do this voted against it himself. Go figure? A little off topic but here's a quote from a friend who recently came home from Iraq. ...the american media likes to make the war out to be something completely different from what it is for most of us. Yes, there are guys out there getting shot at every single day, and we pray for their safety and do what we can to make sure they have everything the could possibly need, but for most of us... well, it's different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzenegger Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Theres no way I'm joining the war on Iraq. I would consider a draft if it was actually a war worth fighting but I can't stand the war in Iraq, its useless and terrible. So, what are you going to do, tough guy? Have fun being imprisoned. Runescaper (off and on) since late 2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barihawk Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 I don't know why these politicians are floating these rumors out there and scaring people. The last guy who introduced a bill to do this voted against it himself. Go figure? A little off topic but here's a quote from a friend who recently came home from Iraq. ...the american media likes to make the war out to be something completely different from what it is for most of us. Yes, there are guys out there getting shot at every single day, and we pray for their safety and do what we can to make sure they have everything the could possibly need, but for most of us... well, it's different. A lot of the troops I talk to are very proud of the work they did in Iraq. We may not have gone for what we said for, but we did remove a tyrant for power. A female marine I knew from high school was a drill sergeant helping train the new Iraqi army, and she noticed that there was a large amount of women joining up. They are excited that they have the freedoms to do so, and the Iraqi army is almost to a level where it can support itself. We just have to be patient, and the US can be out of Iraq in a few years. Al Queda terrorism in Iraq is dropping heavily (most of the current stuff is ethnic infighting or terrorists from Iran or Syria instigating crap). Afghanistan is a different story, because Al Queda is dug in. What I would like to see is the UN sending in Blue Hats to do security. Surely such a noble peacekeeping force would not be killed in cold blood by insurgents. My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. -Sir Arthur Wellesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PumpkinPete112 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Lucky for me im not healthy enough to actually fight in the war, being overweight (kinda) and having asthma and knee problems (football screwed up my knee) Sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellbellz Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 I'm with Wakka. I wouldn't join the army for a pointless war. We need to help ourselves before we can help others. :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzenegger Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 I'm with Wakka. I wouldn't join the army for a pointless war. We need to help ourselves before we can help others. :? Do you not understand what conscription is? You don't say hey, I want to go! That is volunteering. Conscription is them calling you up. If you don't go, you're going somewhere-prison. Remember if you're an American male over 18, you have to be enlisted with the selective service if you want to be able to hold any type or respectable job or enroll in any type of secondary education. Once you enlist (which you pretty much have to) you no longer have any right to say you don't want to go. Hopefully a draft will never happen, and if it does it will not be for an unecessary battle far away. If it does happen it will hopefully be for defending our soil or a WWI/WWII type scenario where we are defending close allies and stopping the enemies from potentially coming to us. I believe if we really are attacked, a draft won't even be necessary though since many people would join up voluntarely. I know that if someone literally decided to attack us, I would. Runescaper (off and on) since late 2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine naked men Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Ehh... If this actually happens, and Howard wins the elections, chances are it's gonna be in Australia not that far after... #-o sleep like dead men wake up like dead men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now