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Here is a IDEA re-implement the draft. A drafted Department of War! [View all]
Before you decide, I'm crazy!!!
STOP AND THINK. about your family and what that would mean for ALL 18-35-year-olds.
STOP AND THINK. Why has it never been brought back since Vietnam? That was my time to serve, 1965-1969.
STOP AND THINK. WHY DO THEY WANT AN ALL-VOLUNTEER military? It grants them the political edge to say... , BUT IT IS AN ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE!
STOP AND THINK. Recent numbers suggest that historically, only 1% of the population has served in the military.
STOP AND THINK about how they are going to put boots on the ground across the entire "Western Hemisphere": Greenland, Canada, America, Mexico, Cuba, South America (all of it).
STOP AND THINK. about your family and what that would mean for ALL 18-35-year-olds.
STOP AND THINK. Why has it never been brought back since Vietnam? That was my time to serve, 1965-1969.
STOP AND THINK. WHY DO THEY WANT AN ALL-VOLUNTEER military? It grants them the political edge to say... , BUT IT IS AN ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE!
STOP AND THINK. Recent numbers suggest that historically, only 1% of the population has served in the military.
STOP AND THINK about how they are going to put boots on the ground across the entire "Western Hemisphere": Greenland, Canada, America, Mexico, Cuba, South America (all of it).
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