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[tvoivozhd <tvoivozd AT infionline.net>]

Melody O. wrote:

> At 07:38 PM 2/13/05 -0500, you wrote:
>  
>
> > Rob wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > In a message dated 2/10/2005 12:29:30 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> > > melody AT crecon.com writes:
> > >
> > > look:
> > > "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment  for
> > > crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist  
> > > within
> > > the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
> > >
> > > At 2/13/2005 01:06 PM, Ray wrote:
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Easily gotten around...   The penalty for any driving violation  
> > > > convictions
> > > > would be that of being subjected to the draft.    Thus, is no longer
> > > > involuntary servitude, but rather the punishment for being  duly 
> > > > convicted.   Problem
> > > > solved!
> > > >
> > > > Ray
> > > >        
> > > I'm not sure how it's justified but it's kind of like jury duty, a 
> > > responsibility.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Rob
> > > becidawa AT hctc.com
> > >
> > >      
> > tvoivozhd---my opinion exactly.   I despise people that run away from 
> > responsibility, military or social. 
> >    
>
> As far as I am concerned, unless our country is at stake, it isn't our war.
>  

tvoivozhd---it IS our war, and the country IS at stake---of all the 
stupid mistakes that politicians can make,  the most stupid is cut and 
run  Cutting and running in Somalia instead of killing
Mohammed Aidid and  every damned one of his tribal supporters convinced 
the Middle East that the U.S. was a paper tiger with no staying power 
whatever even against a weak opponent---a bloody nose
and we would run in panic.  Somalia is why Saddam played games with us 
from 1990 to 2003, and daily tried to shoot down our pilots since  
1992.  I shudder to think what
would happen if we did the cut and run in Iraq---are you so delusionary 
that you think your kids could avoid military service in the bigger and 
better wars that would trigger?

> Occupying Iraq isn't what I would call my sons' responsibility.
>
> Best wishes,
> Melody
>  

tvoivozhd---a really specious remark---slam around a straw man when 
there isn't the slightest chance of that happening.