Who Would You Vote For?

[TheMalcolmConnection]

I'm not. I pay my taxes like everyone else, and I'll be damned if someone is going to tell me whether I have to serve or not. It's a beautiful thing having a voluntary military.

I don't agree with this war, so therefore I wouldn't go.

If this was Afghanistan where we are defending ourselves from a regime that attacked us, I'd be glad to be drafted, even though war isn't exactly my favorite thing to be doing with my life.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

I'm not. I pay my taxes like everyone else, and I'll be damned if someone is going to tell me whether I have to serve or not. It's a beautiful thing having a voluntary military.

I don't agree with this war, so therefore I wouldn't go.

If this was Afghanistan where we are defending ourselves from a regime that attacked us, I'd be glad to be drafted, even though war isn't exactly my favorite thing to be doing with my life.

I'm with you, there's no way I'm putting my life on the line for someone else's pointless cause. I'd gladly move out of the country if it came down to that.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I'm with you, there's no way I'm putting my life on the line for someone else's pointless cause. I'd gladly move out of the country if it came down to that.

You'd be safe, you're 34. They'd deem you too old. But I know what you're getting at, with the principle of it and whatnot.

Again, I definitely realize I'm in the minority on the draft thing. I don't bother trying to argue for it because I know the majority is too overwhelmingly against it.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Speaking of Sunnis and Shiites, the reason they kill each other is so INSANE. I looked up the difference and I cannot believe people hate each other over something like that. It's almost like Baptists fighting Methodists.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

Speaking of Sunnis and Shiites, the reason they kill each other is so INSANE. I looked up the difference and I cannot believe people hate each other over something like that. It's almost like Baptists fighting Methodists.

Yeah it's nothing short of bigotry. It's completely retarded.

[dmek25]

i don't think its as easy as suppressing the uprisings. these people are taught, from a very young age, who they are to hate, and how to take care of it( by killing) until you can change an entire philosophy of life's beliefs, the cycle will never end

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Yup, because if that were to happen, it wouldn't be my country anymore anyway. At least not the country I grew up loving.

[GhettoDogAllStars]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

Yup, because if that were to happen, it wouldn't be my country anymore anyway. At least not the country I grew up loving.

I already feel that way.

[MTK]

See you in Canada TMC, maybe we could open up one of those "coffee shops", wink-wink.

[SkinEmAll]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

See you in Canada TMC, maybe we could open up one of those "coffee shops", wink-wink.

now im just curious here, but are you saying you wouldnt fight for your country because:
(a) you dont agree with this war?
(b) you dont agree with this war and you dont like Bush?
(c) you cant justify risking your life for your country, no matter what the circumstances?

[GhettoDogAllStars]

Originally Posted by SkinEmAll

now im just curious here, but are you saying you wouldnt fight for your country because:
(a) you dont agree with this war?
(b) you dont agree with this war and you dont like Bush?
(c) you cant justify risking your life for your country, no matter what the circumstances?

I know you didn't ask me, but I'd like to answer.

I would only fight to DEFEND my country. That means defending against a direct attack. The only reason I would even do that is because I must defend myself and my family. Sorry, I don't care to defend anybody else -- American or otherwise.

Therefore, I would never fight a war overseas, unless the enemy had directly attacked America first (e.g.: Japan in WWII).

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by GhettoDogAllStars

I would never fight a war overseas, unless the enemy had directly attacked America first (e.g.: Japan in WWII).

I heard those Nazis were pretty bad.

[GhettoDogAllStars]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

I heard those Nazis were pretty bad.

Yeah, well they pretty much attacked us directly too. I can't remember the ship they sank (Lusitania?), but it was full of Americans.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Canada?! I'm heading to Mehico!

Coffee shop sounds good as long as I'm in charge of the "massage parlor" in the back.

[MTK]

I remember back in 1991 with the Gulf war my friends and I were seriously talking of packing up and moving up north if they put a draft in place. We were just 18 at the time so we had no idea of how unlikely a draft really was, but either way we were pretty freaked out initially when the war started and there were some whispers of a draft.