Comments on: Recruiters Losing The Battle At Home

By: Ralph

Ralph — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:13:08 +0000

Go to only Congress-declared wars. When you go to war, do two things:

Activate the draft

Raise taxes to pay for the war.

Everyone in the country should bear their part of the burden, expense and heartbreak of war. Do not send only those kids who have no better choice, and have been bought off with large bribes, as we are doing now.

By: Willard D. Gray

Willard D. Gray — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:48:06 +0000

As a 1964 U.S. Army length of service military retiree who served this deceitful, thankless, and unforgiving nation during and over three major engagements on the “low” draft-era pay and non-existent allowances AND THEN BETRAYED on retired pay along with 432,000 cohorts AFTER we had had given this deceitful nation the best years of our lives I now have to laugh at all the whining. I NOW PAY ALL OF MY HEALTH CARE IN MY ’80s. What a nation?

By: JasonisanIdiot

JasonisanIdiot — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:25:45 +0000

Of course, there is always a troglodyte like “Jason” to muck things up, and repeat the party line to make himself feel better about the fact that women find him repulsive.

By: Rudolpho Jose Pons

Rudolpho Jose Pons — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:44:42 +0000

I am totally against the Bush Policies and what his puppet McCain would have brought.

I voted for President Elect Obama, he will finally stop our imperialist expansion.

By: Freedom

Freedom — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:18:06 +0000

The solution is for these vets to stand up to their chain of command for the horribly degrading treatment.

It is a good thing I got out after my stint as an army ranger.

If a sgt or some such took it as his personal mission to denigrate me and destroy my reputation when I was honestly doing the best job possible, then killing myself wouldn’t be the issue, me and that sgt would have an up close and personal talk away from witnesses and cameras, and he would be lucky to walk away.

Remember, allowing the abusive people to keep abusing just beings in more victims, don’t kill yourself, kill your oppressor.

By: Mooser

Mooser — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:41:47 +0000

Bring back the GULAGS!!!!
Rudolpho Jose Pons

Ah yes! Scratch a conservative, and look what you find. A statist, and not a smart one at that. Mr. Pons, your vote for McCain was a vote for the GULAGS. And I don’t think bringing back mass political imprisonment will garner bi-partisan support. It’s strictly a Republican platform. Of course, GULAGS would be a good place to put all the witches Ms. Palin finds when she is elected.

By: Rudolpho Jose Pons

Rudolpho Jose Pons — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:12:35 +0000

No US Missiles for Poland. Everyone knows that Poland is a Russian satelilite. Bring back the GULAGS!!!!

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:04:30 +0000

The draft. Brilliant. Like the fatcats won’t find a way out like they always do ala Cheney, or Limbaugh, etc. etc.

By: Pete Redner

Pete Redner — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:04:35 +0000

We have too many fatcats in this country who think patriotism is wearing a flag lapel pin and calling those who disagree with them traitors. Bring back the draft and then we’ll see how patriotic they are.Even if they weasel out again, raise the taxes on them so they can pay for this empire.

By: Jethro

Jethro — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:25:13 +0000

Bring all the Imperial Stormtroopers home. The US has lost all their wars overseas, save the remaining troops for defending the US instead of occupying other innocewnt people’s countries. Recruiter suicides are caused by the guilt of recruiters knowing their recruits will die not a lost and immoral cause.

By: Kaptain Kanada

Kaptain Kanada — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:57:52 +0000

Andy Lyons is incorrect about Canada’s foreign policy; it is one of toadying to its masters in Washington D.C., which is why thousands of Canadian troops are fighting in the Kandahar district of Afghanistan — a place where Canada has NO business to be and ZERO “national interest”.
Look to Switzerland for a true defence policy. Or try Costa Rica’s policy on the military.

By: Andy Lyons

Andy Lyons — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:34:13 +0000

If the USA had a truly DEFENSIVE foreign policy like Canada or Mexico does, instead of its empire of globe-straddling bases it wouldn’t need half the troops it has now, let alone another 100,000 poor naive kids who are going to be sucked into the mincemeat of the military-industrial-congressional complex.

By: MattSwartz

MattSwartz — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:54:37 +0000

I doubt they’ll notice the difference. He might be better and can’t be worse, eh?

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:45:24 +0000

I would hazard to guess that Obama has no clue what he’s going to do when it comes to issues relating to the military.
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