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- From: wiggins@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Don Wiggins)
- Subject: Pro-Choice Military (Was: Rush Military Record)
- References: <1993Jan20.161333.2300@athena.mit.edu> <C18Bo7.L9K@news.udel.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:12:46 GMT
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- roby@chopin.udel.edu (Scott W Roby) writes:
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- >In article <1993Jan20.161333.2300@athena.mit.edu>
- gonzalez@athena.mit.edu (John R Gonzalez) writes:
- [...]
- >>I guess if he [clinton] enters a war where they need to draft I
- >>can opt not to be drafted. If it were Bush or Perot sending
- >>me I would go, if the little panderer Bill Clinton tries I
- >>guess I'll have to get an ROTC deferment until I draw a high
- >>draft number.
-
- >Our involvement in Viet Nam was NOT a success.
- >I would prefer to have a leader that knew it was a mistake
- >at the time and would therefore avoid such fiascos in the
- >future to one who still pretends that our Viet Nam involvement
- >was a good thing.
- >Deciding whether to fight in a war on the basis of whether
- >you like the supreme commander of the forces sounds
- >a lot more cheesy to me than a decision based on whether
- >you think the war is justified or not.
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- But fundamentally you believe that it is the right of each citizen to
- personally decide which wars he is willing to fight when called upon?
-
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- |Don Wiggins, German-Irish-American | Success is getting what you want. |
- | & Advance Scout for the Baby Boomers | Happiness is wanting what you get. |
- |Internet: wiggins@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu | -- Brother Dave Gardner |
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