Badnarik on the Draft

[tpahl]

As it becomes more and more appearant that both the republicans and democrats would like a draft but are just waiting for the election to be over. Thankfully we have an alternative. The following is Badnariks response to a question on the draft on May 29th at the LP convention in Atlanta.

Moderator: Our senator Zell Miller, here in Georgia, has been one of the very few people in Washington to suggest that the nation’s current military could warrant a return to the draft. It has been argued that a draft system without the exemptions of the Vietnam era might have a great democratizing impact on the country. But it’s also been predicted that such a change would swiftly lead to an end of all consensus over the war on terrorism. But given the current pressures on the volunteer military and the reserves is there any justification for a draft?

Badnarik: Imagine! People are not volunteering to go to foreign countries and die the way they used to! Imagine that! In world war II, when Americans believed in the issue young men were lying about their age to get into the military early. Americans rallied behind that war. If you can get your citizens to rally behind your war, perhaps, just perhaps it is invalid war. The United States has far more military than any other country in the world. We have military in 130 countries around the world. Instead of doing international offense, perhaps we can bring those soldiers home for Christmas and thanksgiving and limit them to doing national defense.

 

[nycflasher]

Originally posted by tpahl
As it becomes more and more appearant that both the republicans and democrats would like a draft but are just waiting for the election to be over. Thankfully we have an alternative. The following is Badnariks response to a question on the draft on May 29th at the LP convention in Atlanta.

ought to quote your sources...

 

[tpahl]

Originally posted by nycflasher
ought to quote your sources...

Sorry... The full debate can be heard on CSPAN http://www.c-span.org/search/basic....BasicQueryText=badnarik&image1.x=0&image1.y=0

And I have typed out badnariks answers at http://www.tblog.com/templates/index.php?bid=tpahl&static=193871