tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post1602168475605830069..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: A draft? Really?Grimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-84463062195421344522012-07-11T18:37:04.975-04:002012-07-11T18:37:04.975-04:00"You can't do that without turning milita...<i>"You can't do that without turning military service into a right -- which has the negative consequence that you have to then provide every idiot who wants a billet with a bunk and a rifle. "</i><br /><br />Yup. A decade or two ago I'd have thought that stretching the definition of <i>a right</i> to the extent it's been distended, not plausible. Certainly not to the extent that we now know anything and everything desirable is a right. Usually without any accompanying responsibility.bthunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789441349826379510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-72919351413107302302012-07-11T18:19:04.568-04:002012-07-11T18:19:04.568-04:00You can't do that without turning military ser...You can't do that without turning military service into a right -- which has the negative consequence that you have to then provide every idiot who wants a billet with a bunk and a rifle. Some of them we're better off without.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-43591608080805808662012-07-11T16:57:16.294-04:002012-07-11T16:57:16.294-04:00Forget a draft, instead allow only Military servic...Forget a draft, instead allow only Military service veterans and/or landowners/taxpayers to vote...bthunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789441349826379510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-46843977694712895672012-07-11T09:03:26.028-04:002012-07-11T09:03:26.028-04:00Now if we could only figure out who the enemy is.
...<i>Now if we could only figure out who the enemy is.</i><br /><br />But then we might find out our military is structured wrongly, and that our defense and foreign policies are ineffective.<br /><br />Better to keep spending money on what we already know, even if what we know ain't so. Or to not spend on defense at all....<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-70562145143697206192012-07-11T01:38:12.281-04:002012-07-11T01:38:12.281-04:00We have a great military. Now if we could only fig...We have a great military. Now if we could only figure out who the enemy is.ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-38945520208663740402012-07-10T20:55:47.938-04:002012-07-10T20:55:47.938-04:00I wasn't even going to get into that, but yeah...I wasn't even going to get into that, but yeah. Mr Ricks is a serious tool.Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-5949560822315241092012-07-10T20:44:58.495-04:002012-07-10T20:44:58.495-04:00This is a wonderful article. 'The volunteer m...This is a wonderful article. 'The volunteer military is too expensive because we pay soldiers too much. If we <i>forced</i> people to work for us while they're young enough to lack dependents, we could pay them a lot less. Also, we could make them work ten extra years before we allow them to retire.'<br /><br />Yeah, and we could repeal the 13th Amendment and save <i>tons</i> of money on farm hands.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com