Posted by zeugma on November 6, 2006, at 19:26:06
In reply to Rephrase and Discuss, posted by Declan on November 4, 2006, at 13:24:26
> >
> I hope that's civil. How might things have been done better? Frank and fearless advice.>>The neocon Richard Perle has been giving frank and fearless advice lately, unfortunately I fear it means he and George Bush are not on civil terms with one another any longer.
And that saddens me. Frank and fearless advice should be able to be civilly spoken. In particular, Mr. Perle uses a word quite often, one that I myself have used, that has been been deemed not remotely civil.
My own frank fearless advice (unlike Mr. Perle's, not delivered with the wisdom of hindsight): Bring back the draft. The U.S. military forces cannot sustain the indefinite occupation of Fortress Mesopotamia without one, any more than Saigon's shadow government could have survived until 1975 without massive and general hemorrhaging of American blood.
I have seen the American soldiers' graves, it is a private and bitter experience of mine, LBJ could not have afforded his Vietnam dream without a draft, Mr. Bush will destroy the U.S. Army without one.
Murtha has given this frank and fearless advice before me, perhaps he has seen some of the same graves I have.
-z
>
>
poster:zeugma
thread:698222
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20061009/msgs/701045.html