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Re: Reinstitute the draft,...
I might as well take the points in order: >>Citizenship should never require this type of service. Perhaps, but it's preferable to a draft, which removes the element of choice entirely. >>Longer term for 'civilian service' as if that is somehow less important than military service? No, as if it were somehow less *dangerous* than ...
Posted to In Other Magazines by Snarfangel on July 25, 2007
Re: Reinstitute the draft,...
Milton Friedman had a very elegant and impassioned argument against the draft. ''In the course of his [General Westmoreland's] testimony, he made the statement that he did not want to command an army of mercenaries. I [Milton Friedman] stopped him and said, 'General, would you rather command an army of slaves?' He drew himself up and said, 'I ...
Posted to In Other Magazines by Snarfangel on July 23, 2007