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    DD> Read and dismissed them as extremely ostrich-like. Some folks are not   
    DD> fit/capable of military service - which is the big stick that the   
    DD> objectors have shoved. ram-rod like, up their backsides. But, everyone   
    DD> can do *something* for the good of the country ... and thus be invested   
    DD> in its success.   
      
    BB> But does it have to be under the umbrella of the military?   That is   
    BB> you must go into the military, and THEY decide what you do, that is   
    BB> they say the handicapped go count penguins.   
      
    DD> Not under the umbrella of the military. I believed Ike when he warned   
    DD> us to beware of the Military-Industrial complex. National service is   
    DD> national service. We are not, at core, a militaristic society -   
    DD> although many of the lock-stepping, goose-stepping right wingers would   
    DD> like to change that.   
      
   MIC is in control, trust me on this.     
      
    BB> Not in favor of that one - however I feel you should do something, and   
    BB> the best director may not be the military.  Fine point, but a very   
    BB> important one to me. (Being ex-Navy during the K war, I've seen the   
    BB> military in action - still have bad dreams when I recall the way   
    BB> decisions were made.)  :)   
      
    DD> Bureaucracy gone wild - and with guns. I, too, did my hitch in Unc's   
    DD> Yacht Club - although as an Airedale.   
      
   Did my tour, don't regret it, but I got out as soon as they said you can go. :)   
      
    BB> Then ya have to decide about the gals - and that's the real killer IMO.   
      
    DD> Yeah, if you get it wrong they'll kill ya. Or worse, cut you off.   
    DD> Bv)=   
      
    DD> My take on it is that women are people. No distinctions to be made   
    DD> except for obvious physical differences.   
      
   Isreal, and a few other countries, have compulsary service for all, but I just   
   don't see it here.    
      
   Add the fact the military is cutting back, not added force.     
      
      
      
       
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