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Airlines dissing the American Soldier for Excess Baggage
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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 848555" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p>Once again, where is the evidence that mandatory service makes a country less likely to engage in agressive war? I understand the thought process, but it seems like wishful thinking to me. As has been pointed out we had a draft during Vietnam, which lasted for 10 years with 10X the casualty rates. I think one of the main reasons that much of the country seems disengaged from the current conflicts is precisely <em>because</em> the casualty rates are so low (from a historical standpoint), and instituting a draft wouldn't change that.</p><p>As far as our representative form of government acting as a deterrent, this has been quoted here before but I'll quote it again:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 848555, member: 4805"] Once again, where is the evidence that mandatory service makes a country less likely to engage in agressive war? I understand the thought process, but it seems like wishful thinking to me. As has been pointed out we had a draft during Vietnam, which lasted for 10 years with 10X the casualty rates. I think one of the main reasons that much of the country seems disengaged from the current conflicts is precisely [I]because[/I] the casualty rates are so low (from a historical standpoint), and instituting a draft wouldn't change that. As far as our representative form of government acting as a deterrent, this has been quoted here before but I'll quote it again: [/QUOTE]
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