Fair enough regarding Egypt. But frankly I'd consider Israel a success story. Without conscription I'm not convinced they would have survived the threats they've faced. Like you say yourself, they need resources beyond what a smaller volunteer army could get them.
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I agree.
Sometimes family is a thing you make, not a thing you inherit.
I’ve never heard a redundancy argument against it before. That’s interesting. You might be right.
Were we really outplayed politically? Nixon flipping China out of the Soviet orbit more or less nixed the problem; the Russian-backed Hanoi communists spent most of the 80s bogged down fighting the Chinese-backed Khmer rouge in Cambodia, after China attacked them directly in 78. We didn’t lose Burma and Thailand to…
Eh, the VC was really kind of a non-factor after the Tet Offensive; it was mostly NVA regulars after that.
>people won’t have to be forced by registry or law to join, if its really needed.
You say that like the free rider problem isn’t a thing.
Godwin’s Laaaaaaaaaaw
My thoughts exactly. If people think getting rid of the draft will reduce warfare, I think that’s wrongheaded for the exact reasons you state.
Moreover, I worry at times, given how volunteer military service seems to run in families, that over time we’ll create a separate warrior class with its own interests. That can…
This. My whole family’s like this. My mom got refused service at a bar once completely sober for walking into a jukebox and instinctively apologizing to it. I’m not any more coordinated. How do the rest of you guys do it so well?
Where is Paris?? And don’t say France.
My family had a dog when I was a kid that would wait for my dad to cut up the pancakes and add syrup to them before she ate them. Pets can get kinda spoiled like that.
Dude, there’s gotta be like five black people in Arizona. We don’t see this happening in states like Mississippi or Michigan.
And so the guys who are actually trying to help keep quiet, because they don’t want to be associated with these assholes. It’s bad for everybody.
Hey, Halo’s full of day glo crap and I still shoot my teammates on accident sometimes. Like, it happens, man.
Does anyone else think it’s a bit ironic she goes by Barbie?
Shades of Carl Sagan
There’s bodies that aren’t healthy, but the way people use “good body”, it’s almost a moral thing, where your body is a sign of “what’s wrong with you”. There’s something very Calvinist about it; you suck because your body isn’t in the elect form. I think “good” here is read as a moral good, so yes, they are all good…
Seriously. Look at them hips. That’s some good shit right there. Sometimes I just don’t know what the “ew she’s so fat” crowd is thinking; maybe it’s just reflexive for them or something, I don’t know.