Well Well Mccain Plans To Bring Back The Draft
 

Thank you to all the fucking morons on this board voting for him ( all 7 of you )

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/0..._n_109121.html

""I don't know what would make a draft happen unless we were in an all-out World War III." then you have to link that statement to another one and assume beginning stages of WW III is equivalent to "all-out WWW III".

Tenuous.

So I guess, you are saying you need to to tickle the pussy before you FUCK IT..wtf do u think we are doing in the middle east..playing SCRAMBLE?

Your thread title is misleading. McCain didn't say "I'm going to bring back the draft". Instead, what he said was a little bit of common sense - Obviously, if we ever have a World War III, we'll need a draft.

I'm not for McCain and I'm leading towards Obama, but don't be stupid about distorting the truth.

Oh, and we should have a draft. Every eighteen year old should do two years of military service. It will teach these kids that there is more to life than video games.

Just passing by................

Are we just sticking to what he actually said?

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 15, 2004 -- John F. Kerry charged Friday that there is a "great potential" President Bush will reinstate the military draft if reelected, as the two candidates battled furiously for an edge with voters in Iowa and Wisconsin who are deeply divided over the Iraq war, the economy and their presidential choice.

Easy to say that when you're an old fart that wouldn't get drafted..:1orglaugh

There is no way he'll win if he wants to bring back the draft.

Like he has a choice.

This is stupid. He said if there was a World War 3. Almost anyone in power would have to make that same decision in a world war.

they are already sending people back the Iraq that have done 2 and three tours. Most of them are on prozac.

Yeah, there's killing innocent people, exploding schools, and carrying dead babies away! You can even throw puppies off cliffs, and come home muttering things to yourself for the rest of your life.

What does this have to do with McCain's statements above and the conclusions drawn from it?

and just as many that get "sent" back WANT to go back..

I had a friend that served 2 (if not 3) tours and he did everything he could to get back into the marines. They wouldnt take him back since he dgot a DUI here while he was back...

he got into the army aqnd just went back a couple weeks ago.

agreed its lame, but it goes both ways

I think most Europeans have mandatory service of some sort.

Anyway... this thread is retarded. If there was World War III I'm willing to bet every country involved and all of their friends would have some type of draft, after exhausting the actual army and then a volunteer corps. If any President or potential candidate denied the possibility of a draft during a World War III situation, they are simply pandering.

Rhetorical question I hope. We both know the answer.

Right, like all of the soldiers over there are doing this. Don't hold them all accountable for the actions of a few. You being in this business should understand this more than most.

That is probably one of the stupidest statements I've heard all day. Congrats.

Just not your 18 year old kid right

Considering he served in the Marines, I would bet that he would be proud of his 18-year-old enlisting.

No one should be forced into going to war if they don't want to. That is my 2 cents.

Also I find it funny how feminist groups never complain about the draft being male only, lol

Man, McCain is working HARD at making the presidential race a ONE MAN RACE (literally and figuratively).

John McCain is my friend because he told me I am.

The people of America would never stand for that. And if both Democrats and Republicans supported it, we'd see a third party take power very quickly.

The problem with that plan is that the US Government would be unlikely to let this extra manpower just sit there, training for nothing. If this were in place right now, we'd probably be in Iran.

And you know how it works, the youth are placed on the front lines to get killed first. During the initial invasion of Iraq, 50% of all US deaths were teenage soldiers. They'd never get away with forcing that upon every teenager in the country. As has been stated, it would take WW3.

Actually, Congressmen who vote for a war should have their children as the first ones to be drafted into any war. I mean if it's a cause worth dying for, they should have no problem sending their own kids.

Why on Earth should ordinary people be forced to take part in a military which serves the purposes of the extremely rich above all else?

what did he serve? hamburgers? :1orglaugh

the draft is an insane idea. The draft implies that YOU are the PROPERTY of the government and they decide if YOU LIVE OR DIE. I am not a slave are you? My child is not a slave, is yours?

Something BOTH candidates would need to do if they go ahead with their plans. Obama says he is going to invade Pakistan. We would need a draft for that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militar...tary _service

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militar...t ary_service

C'mon, lame thread. I thought we wanted to move away from fake political drama.

Only when it suits us.

Man, oh man you don't really have a clue do you! Here, let me let you borrow one.

The American people don't have a choice in the matter. America isn't a democracy, it's a Republic. You don't get to decide issues - you get to decide the people who will make those decisions.

Obama can stand up on a podium all day long and say he wouldn't implement a draft prior to an election but if they day comes and even he finds it necessary, guess what - he can (and will) and you and 20,000,000 of your closest friends and neighbors can't prevent it as you have no vote in the matter.

So... if it does happen, buy a copy of the Koran, brush up on what a Parliament is and scurry your ass off to Canada to avoid the draft and don't come back.

I think every able bodied man should give 2 years of his life to the military by age 25 as a law.

I'm sorry, but it's not the job of the government or the tax payers of this country to teach my kids that there's more to life then video games....that's MY job as a parent.

I wish there was a draft when I was 18. I really had no direction at that age and it could of been a good thing.

I'd take a fat BC Bud joint, some good porno, a nice loft in Vancouver, and a fast car over living in America, the bible, and war mongering...

:Oh crap

i hope u get drafted if thats the case, and please stay wherever you are deployed..

There should be compulsory national service for young people. You would still have to volunteer (and be found qaulified) to serve in the armed forces. America should have an army of citizen soldiers, not a professional army, and not mercenaries. I know this is an unpopular position on both sides of the aisle, but reflect for a moment: would we be in Iraq if the burden of war were shouldered equally by all our childen? And how might it increase electoral participiation. To hell with WW3, bring on the draft NOW.

I think the US should have mandatory military service of a minimum of 4 years for every able citizen, national and resident alien from the ages of 18 to 35. Citizens would be required to commence mandatory military service immediately upon graduation of high school unless they enroll and complete 4 years at a university, otherwise their service shall commence upon graduation from college in which case their military position and rank is based on their university studies, grades, etc..

Nationals, resident aliens and those seeking citizenship should be required to commence mandatory military service within 30 days of entering These United States of America and only after completion of their 4 years service shall they be entitled citizenship.

I also think military COMBAT service shall be an applicable criminal sentence for certain crimes in which the offender can redeem himself.

simon arent you a little old to be worried about the draft?

mccain is all we got man

.....well I have to agree with McCain actual words on this one, ONLY IN THE SCENARIO OF WWIII a draft would be necessary ...... any president would consider that to be a necessary decision AGAIN under that condition.