| October
9, 2004
I
want to write a few words about the issue of a military draft, especially
since I heard so many different opinions and misconceptions at the
Michael Moore rally. The College Republicans refuse to believe a
draft is coming, because, well, George Bush said so. Besides, everything
is fine in Iraq. Yes, I actually had kids tell me this. Sigh.
The
Ralph Nader supporters, when not insisting that the Green Party
reall does support him (they were robbed at their convention - oh,
the irony), were telling me the Democrats are the ones who want
the draft, because, uh, they're introducing the bills in Congress.
The two parties are exactly the same, dontcha know? Sigh.
Listen,
children, very closely. Your ass will be drafted in a second Bush
Administration. You will be drafted. It's as simple
as that. Iraq is a mess; it's a disaster. We need more soldiers
to make up for that thousands who are injured or killed. We need
more soldiers just to maintain the status quo. And Bush wants to
take military action against more countries. Syria. Iran. North
Korea. A November victory will be a vindication, and enorsement
of the doctrine of unilateral invasion. The right of an empire to
do as it solely wishes.
Read
the book by David Frum and Richard Peare, "An End to Evil."
It's the blueprint for where the neocon set wants to take America
and the world. Don't take my word for it; read it for yourself.
And let's not forget the religious fundamentalists who want to wage
a crusade against Islam and bring about the Apocalypse. Because,
uh, it's in the Bible...or at least the way that Scofield interpreted
it in 1902.
We
are losing the war in Iraq. We need more troops, and they will either
come from other nations (even Britian is scaling back), or they
will come from you. It's that simple. Look at the numbers. Oh, Bush
could just get out of Iraq. How likely do you think that will be?
Do you think he will stop construction of 14 permement military
bases in Iraq?
Again,
I repeat: Bush wins, you will be drafted. There are still too many
of you who laugh this off, thinking I'm joking. You think that if
you got that draft card in the mail, you can just complain to someone
and throw a fit. That won't change a damned thing. Canada? That
option is gone, my friend. If you cross the border to dodge the
draft, the Canadian government will ship you back to America.
This
is why you read. This is why you pick up books, the ones without
pictures (Miyazaki and Speigelman are the exceptions), and learn
a few things. And this is why you vote. Don't want to spend next
spring break in Baghdad? Then do something about it. Get off the
couch, put down the beer, and vote Bush and the Republicans out
on November 2.
This
isn't Nintendo. Someone isn't going to press the reset button. Either
Bush goes, or you do. |
