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<blockquote data-quote="ignerntbend" data-source="post: 3251759" data-attributes="member: 6981"><p>I mostly agree with your thinking, John, but some of the justifications are a little off base. Eisenhower, Bradley, and Patton, were all West Point men. Audie Murphy was not drafted. He lied about his age to get in the army and was rejected for being under weight. He tried to join the Marines and the Navy, but they wouldn't have him because he was too puny. He ate a lot of biscuits and gravy and was eventually accepted by the Army. He could have sat the war out if he had wanted to. The draft did give us Mitchell (I think) and York. LeMay never wanted to be anything but a soldier. That whole airplane thing didn't come along till later.</p><p></p><p>You don't really separate the needles from the haystack with a draft. Still, the idea that we should draft able bodied Americans (even the girlios*) for some sort of service is not a bad idea at all.</p><p></p><p>*Except My daughter</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ignerntbend, post: 3251759, member: 6981"] I mostly agree with your thinking, John, but some of the justifications are a little off base. Eisenhower, Bradley, and Patton, were all West Point men. Audie Murphy was not drafted. He lied about his age to get in the army and was rejected for being under weight. He tried to join the Marines and the Navy, but they wouldn't have him because he was too puny. He ate a lot of biscuits and gravy and was eventually accepted by the Army. He could have sat the war out if he had wanted to. The draft did give us Mitchell (I think) and York. LeMay never wanted to be anything but a soldier. That whole airplane thing didn't come along till later. You don't really separate the needles from the haystack with a draft. Still, the idea that we should draft able bodied Americans (even the girlios*) for some sort of service is not a bad idea at all. *Except My daughter [/QUOTE]
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