this past weekend i took a flight up north & had a stopover in atlanta. the airport was full of young men heading off to iraq. 100s of boys, all obviously under 25, many even looked like they were 12. obivously theyre 18 but still...
it was hard to sit there & see them waiting for their flights. not just because they were all so cute, but just the idea of sending off a kid straight out of highschool to die for a country that most of the world hates... i just think its stupid, and i dont understand the logic.
and its not just the US... many countries require military service of young men before college... but those countries arent out stomping all over the world in the name of 'terror'....
*sigh* .... i dunno... i have young friends and they are terrified of a draft. and i am too. i dont believe in it, and im losing faith in this country. quite frankly if a draft were ever about to come into being, i think i'd take my friends & leave the country.
ok, rant over. back to work
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