Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] Cindy Sheehan on Bill Kristol

[Rick <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I counter your proposal with one that simply states that *everyone* is
required to do a tour of duty Isreali-style. Would that be an
improvement over the current voluntary system? Or are you proposing that
only select groups of children be targeted (in your case, politicians)?

Rick

On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 11:43 -0500, Mike Miller wrote:
> It is good to attack pro-war writers and politicians on their service 
> record and on the records of their children.  How many wars would we have 
> if the law forced all children (between ages 18 and 40, say) of 
> congressmen to serve in the war zone?  That will never happen because 
> Congress makes the laws, and they make laws that suit their needs.  At the 
> very least, I would like to see an analysis of the numbers:  How many 
> offspring of Congressmen, Senators and Presidents serve in the military? 
> Of those that serve, how many have gone into a war zone?
> 
> Mike

-- 
Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than
it will get in practice. 
George Orwell


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