Re: "U.S. toll in Iraq hits 2,000"

In article <142vjdapynfe.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Yeff <zoomie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> > Or our president or anybody else in power whose own kids are too good to
> > make the sacrifice.
>
> I'm sorry, there's a draft?

There's an economic draft.

Not that a draft or the absence of one has anything to do with what I
said. What does draft have to do with the kids of the rich and powerful
rarely putting their asses on the line? If the goals of the Iraq war are
so admirable, why aren't the sons and daughters of our chickenhawk
leaders in harms way?



--Mike
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