(05-17-2016 09:53 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(05-16-2016 06:22 PM)Paul M Wrote:  

They'd vote for him again on promises.

And can we have that prize back.

Thanks Bush Obama

BlameBushSyndrome is RWT's domain

(05-17-2016 10:00 AM)ragincajun019 Wrote:  Sorry, OP, for lumping you in if you happen to feel otherwise, but this Obama guy just can't win with some people!

His predecessor begins 2 wars. He ends one of them, but the only response that gets is "why did we pull out of Iraq? That was irresponsible and led to ISIS."

He gets grief for ending one of the wars, but also gets grief for still being at war. He's damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.


Oh, and there are plenty of things about Obama's presidency I don't like (mostly how similar he is to W in a lot of ways).

He only "ended" that one because he was legally bound by Bush's withdrawal agreement with the Iraqi government. He tried to renegotiate it to extend the war, but was rejected. It wasn't his choice to end it.

(05-19-2016 09:27 AM)gsu95 Wrote:  The problem is the volunteer army. When only 1 to maybe 5 percent of the population is immediately impacted by a war, then that war can go on and on and on.

Bring back the draft. Make the chickenhawks suit up. IT'll change.

Yep, nothing says "freedom" like a draft. You were born as government property, and now it's time for you to serve your master.

Now, if the draft only applied to the children of members of Congress and military contractors...

(05-19-2016 09:09 PM)BlazerFan11 Wrote:  

(05-19-2016 09:27 AM)gsu95 Wrote:  The problem is the volunteer army. When only 1 to maybe 5 percent of the population is immediately impacted by a war, then that war can go on and on and on.

Bring back the draft. Make the chickenhawks suit up. IT'll change.

Yep, nothing says "freedom" like a draft. You were born as government property, and now it's time for you to serve your master.

Now, if the draft only applied to the children of members of Congress and military contractors...

I think I read somewhere recently (maybe within the last year or so) that there is a grand total of 1, ONE, member of congress who has a child that is active duty military or maybe reserves too.