Watch the rhetoric.
On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 12:49:30PM +0100, Robert Scott Gassler wrote: > Are you nuts? When has that kind of reverse strategy ever worked? > > The Vietnam War was started when the draft was in place and ended after the > draft was abolished, which mitigates (though admittedly does not demolish) > the argument that the draft fueled the antiwar movement. > > When Nixon was elected, some people said that that would expose the evils > of the right and radicalize the population. So who was the radical > president? Ford? Carter? Reagan? > > People said the same thing about Reagan, and we got W. > > Hello. It doesn't work. > > At 19:30 23/02/04 -0500, dmschanoes wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Peter Hollings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 11:30 AM > >Subject: Re: [PEN-L] dems, etc > > > > > >The mandatory service bill is a poison pill. It will make unjustified war > >unpopular and unsustainable. > > > >Peter Hollings > >________________________ > >And that is the single best reason for supporting reinstatement of the > >draft. > > > >dms > > Robert Scott Gassler > Professor of Economics > Vesalius College of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel > Pleinlaan 2 > B-1050 Brussels > Belgium > > 32.2.629.27.15 -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
