The Ugly ‘D’ Word

There are a lot of nations in this world where people are kooky, but only America has the military outreach to project our kookiness onto the world. That is why more than any nation state, America desperately needs a military draft. Numb-skullism, when pertaining to family matters or animal rights or liver abuse, is small potatoes when compared to kickin’ the world’s butt.

A military draft of our Rambos would immediately tie their words to their actions, behavior would no longer be removed from consequences, and life would no longer be cost-free. So tell me, just how important is it for you to liberate those Iraqi women? How about enough to blow two years of your life in the mindless U.S. military? Possibly lose a chunk of your body for a lifetime?

Wild Turkey drinking realists—the Special Forces in the corps of realism—know that when actions lead one to the frontline of costs, then conclusions are radically changed. It took me about one-tenth of a second to realize the Vietnam War was B.S., the first one-tenth of a second our 5-man recon team was surrounded by 300 North Vietnamese soldiers. It was clear to me in that flash of less than a second that Vietnam was not worth my promising future as a barfly.

For more reason than one I don't fully share Nusbaumer's idea that the draft is a good idea here - I tend to think a war tax may be a better one. But he does make a compelling case nonetheless.

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