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Writer's Block: War and peace
Oct. 22nd, 2009 03:10 am[Error: unknown template qotd]To the first question, I would say I would perfer to abolish all armies. I do not believe in a goverment that can compel you to die in a war for objectives that may only benefit the rich. If we *have* to have standing armies, I suppose the draft should be handed out fairly. I say this with great reluctance.
The current US system of recruitment is a class-based horror that almost insures that the poorest wind up in Iraq. Sometimes when I meet young friends in the old neighborhood, I feel like I'm spending half my time trying to talk them out of inlisting. (Short version: Don't do it.) My old friends have trouble affording college, they have personal disappointments, money problems, so they want to join the armed forces. And all I can say is that it will most likely make things worse.
FTA.
The current US system of recruitment is a class-based horror that almost insures that the poorest wind up in Iraq. Sometimes when I meet young friends in the old neighborhood, I feel like I'm spending half my time trying to talk them out of inlisting. (Short version: Don't do it.) My old friends have trouble affording college, they have personal disappointments, money problems, so they want to join the armed forces. And all I can say is that it will most likely make things worse.
FTA.
