Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: smashp
Originally posted by: tcsenter
Yes, we're aware that you were drafted barely out of high school and sent to some country you probably didn't even know existed to help contain the spread of a ruthless ideology your school teachers, along with John Lennon, Bob Dillan, Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden, probably told you was 'benevolent, compassionate, and promoted the greater good of all....blah blah blah'.You might be stepping into a gigantic puddle of poop, youngster. Some of us here, the ones you call "US haters", have served our country with pride and dignity. What right do you have to call people names? What are your credentials?
The terribly low levels of morale in Vietnam were attributed almost entirely to the draftee who was pervasively bitter and disgruntled every waking minute of his tour, not unreasonably; first about having to be in the military to begin with, and then about being in a foreign land where eating the food or drinking the water made you sh-t your brains out for weeks on end, instead of being home driving '69 Camaros, smoking weed, and getting some of that "free love" like many. As if that wasn't bad enough, people were trying to kill you - often.
And so it was no surprise, really, that thousands of draftees would come home from Vietnam bitterly opposed to a war they didn't understand but were forced to endure the horrors of, anyway; bitterness that would spill over and taint one's other views towards their government and country.
For precisely these reasons, it was realized that the draft is a terrible way to boost force strength and should not be relied upon unless the cause for military action is palpable and obvious.
Your country is indebted for your faithful service, a debt which could never be repaid in full. I was not specifically calling you a US hater, but if the shoe fits....
Well the Draft Was Neccesary Since All the Neo Conservative Love of Country Types who believe in a "Pax Americana".......
Wont Serve in the Military and get deferments.Yeah, all the liberals were lining up at the enlistment centers. Sheesh.
Yup keep on rolling your eyes.
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