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Originally Posted by waste gate

What is symbolic about conscription?

Because he knows the bill would never even be put up for a vote. It's just an attempt to show the "hypocricy" of the Congress.

Personally, I still want us the hell out of Iraq. At this point, our people are dying over there for no good reason. We hit back the moslems and destablized the region. Absolutely without question -- Mission Accomplished. Get the hell out and let islam take care of itself. The Shi'a will annhilate the Sunni. Some of the refugees will infiltrate Saudi Arabia, where they'll start bombing pipelines. Iran will fund them. That will drive up the price of oil, and Exxon and Shell and BP and Phillips and Mobil will make HUGE profit margins. 60-70%. We'll get the hell off oil, and stop funding jihad against us. Dude, I'm not even kidding. Let Iran take over. Had we pulled our 38,000 from Korea and our 100,000 from Europe, we might have been able to secure the borders and stop jihadist infiltration. We might have been able to displace the civilian population in areas long enough to identify insurgents. Had we set up an identification database, we might have been able to identify recruited insurgents. But we didn't, and 20,000 isn't going to do it.

As for the active reservists, otherwise known as "citizen-soldiers", they signed up. If you are not prepared to fulfill your contract, don't sign up. That's it -- black and white. I might have a different opinion if we had a conscription, but we don't. Don't sign up if you aren't prepared to do the job.


Also, on the topic of the UCMJ, don't do nude photos while wearing any article of your uniform. If your commander officer orders you to cease an affair with subordinate enlisted member, do so immediately. And don't expect the "delete" key to actually delete your top-secret communication records.


That is all.