"And it's one, two, three - What are we fightin' for?"

Last summer, working as middle-management at a Boy Scout Camp, I had a long conversation with a number of young men. They were anticipating the introduction of military conscription. I argued, at great length, that you would sooner see Al Qaeda crossing the border from Canada with seven armored divisions and air support, than the introduction of compulsory military service. The teenage boys put all my arguments to shame, noting simply, and repeatedly, "But it could happen!"

Via RWN, this quote from Donald Rumsfeld:

I think the only people who could conceivably be talking about a draft are people who are speaking from pinnacles of near-perfect ignorance.

That describes the argument pretty well.

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[Dad]

Heh!