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Thomas Ricks on the draft July 10, 2012 8:01 pm TB

Good God. I don’t even know where to start.

Hey, it's McChrystal's idea. Obama's MacArthur. The Right should love this. by ER 2012-07-10 20:31:18
- P.S. There was no draft in Heinlein's book. by TB 2012-07-10 20:56:26
- Would they still pay the taxes for those services? by TB 2012-07-10 20:39:33
  - I was never in favor of the draft. by ER 2012-07-10 21:23:41
    - I was never in favor of the draft either, and the military seems to work damn well without it. by TB 2012-07-10 21:51:20
      - We're building one right now. by ER 2012-07-11 06:09:16