I agree with Cory that this bill will not be signed into law. With support for the war in Iraq at an all-time low, it would be political suicide for many congresspersons and senators to try to push this through. This isn’t to say that no one will try, but it won’t succeed. This isn’t the right time, and these aren’t the right circumstances, and these aren’t the right wars that should require our country to conscript soldiers.
<tangent>I don’t see our soldiers as fighting for our country’s survival in Iraq or even in Afghanistan anymore. Does anyone believe that the people in Afghanistan are any better off under warlord control than under Taliban rule? Do people believe that the situation in Iraq will so drastically change between now and June 30 so that the US government can relinquish sufficient control to the Iraqi governing council so as not to appear to be ruling Iraq like a “conquered” territory? This has turned into two giant messes when it could have just been one (Afghanistan) to focus on. Who called it?
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Here are some of my feelings… I don’t think I would ever volunteer for the armed services. Combat doesn’t seem to be my calling in life. I sure as hell wouldn’t volunteer to go to war without some sort of undeniable evidence that my country and my way of life was at risk of being annihilated. I would allow myself to be drafted if another country was hell bent on destroying this country and it was “us or them.” But I will not allow myself to be drafted into the situation that we are in. I will not risk my life for a lie or an “intelligence error.” I believe very strongly that I am justified and right in feeling this way. If I’m sent to prison, then I will serve my sentence, but there’s always a way out of the country and I would probably explore that option first if need be.
Mad props to Cory
