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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts) Wed Sep 4, 2013, 03:46 PM Sep 2013

If The Draft Were Reinstated I Would Burn My Draft Card This Time.

Vietnam was bad enough. And we know what happened to all the vets since. They essentially got screwed and left behind. To be a Syrian war vet might be worse. I think bombing Iran is just crazy. There is no such thing as a limited strike.

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If The Draft Were Reinstated I Would Burn My Draft Card This Time. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Sep 2013 OP

Well now that is a train of thought sharp_stick Sep 2013 #1

If the draft were reinstated I'd remind them of my asthma Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #2

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)

1. Well now that is a train of thought

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 03:49 PM

Sep 2013

To be a Syrian war vet might be worse - huh?
Bombing Iran is just crazy - huh?
No such thing as a limited strike - huh?

All that evidence of stuff that's gonna happen for sure this time is fantastic.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

2. If the draft were reinstated I'd remind them of my asthma

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 03:49 PM

Sep 2013

which was the stated reason why they didn't want to take me when I tried to enlist (during the post 9-11 fervor)

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