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    RW> That was the other part of why folks lost faith with their   
    RW> government.  iN fact, I'm all for the draft, but imho it   
    RW> shouldn't be a draft, it should be compulsory military   
    RW> service, for every citizen, disabled, women, if you wanna   
    RW> vote, you want the benefits of citizenship, you'll showup   
    RW> as soon as you graduate from hs, or on your 18th birthday.   
      
    Amen.   
      
    RW> I tried to enlist, my draft card said "subject to call" and   
    RW> I told the man, I'm an experienced radio op. Remember back   
    RW> then the navy still used MOrse.  The man laughed at me, my   
    RW> card soon got switched to 4f.   
      
    You could have served. You should have had that right.   
      
    ...   
      
    RW> YEp, the Korea thing still had teh GI bill not so diluted   
    RW> though iirc.  VN may have had it too for the most part, but   
    RW> already that benefit was being slashed iirc.  IT's not near   
    RW> what it used to be for returning soldiers iirc.   
      
    It was better for WWII than for us in the Vietnam era. It was   
    much better for us than it is today.   
      
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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