From: utzoo!decvax!genradbo!grkermit!markm
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: Re The Draft and Military Service
Article-I.D.: grkermit.158
Posted: Tue Nov  9 10:58:38 1982
Received: Wed Nov 10 04:41:35 1982
References: csin.207


Ah yes, the good ole draft debate - one of my fave's. It's always amused me
how people will beat the crap out of each other at anti-war demonstrations.
Pacifism obviously applies differently on the global and personal levels. I
think the problem is not so much draft registration, as not trusting the
government that they won't send us off to some stinking jungle. Had Carter
started up when the Iranians took the embassy, NOBODY would have complained.
We'd have been over there real quick and had a 'good ole time'. Like Patton
said: 'Americans love to fight . . .', and it's true. Lets face it, this we
are carnivorous preditors. We prey on each other through industrial
competition. It's not right or wrong, it's just the way things are.
Technological advances accelerate incredibly in times of war. It is this
instinct to compete, dominate and survive that keeps the planet going. If we
were pacifistic and docile (and I know I'll be flamed for this) we'd still
be living in caves (man is also the only creature endowed with laziness). I
wouldn't call myself a war monger. I wouldn't support blowing the crap out
of every country that talked back to us - even if they deserved it. I do
think that war is inevitable, and we can't afford to loose. I'm not talkin'
communist domination or anything like that - just simple economic survival.
If third world countries take our embassies, shoot up our people and all
those other 'hate American' things they should pay. No more foreign aid to
start with. If they continue to harras us (like Lybia), we make them a black
splotch on the map (in incindiary spendor). Some may say, why punish an
entire country for the acts of a few. Wouldn't those countries be better off
under American rule than their own dictators??? We are the lamest occupiers
around. I'd rather have the rest of the world hate us and be afraid to say
so than hate us and show it with acts of terrorism. 

	Anyway, I think the Swiss have the right idea. Manditory National Guard
service. Everyone is part of the Army (or whatever), no-one looses 2 or so
years just before or after college and there is a well trained army on hand.
Imagine if we had such a scheme!! 

	Right now we're being traeted like garbage by the rest of the world.
I'll admit we're pretty screwed up, but we got the highest standard of
living around. We probably won't have to fight the Russians or the Chinese
(neither of the big three are that stupid), but the Mid-east, Africa and S.
America are possabilities. Then there's Korea. If we nail just one of these
countries (not like the British did though - stupidity wise), the rest would
shut up and we'd regain our respect. 

			Oh well, that's enough . . .
			I figure the flames will get pretty high . . .

			'Pass the Lord and Praise the Ammunition' 
				(sorry - couldn't resist)

				MSMiller
				GR Concord, MA