Politicians\u00a0promise “No draft.”\u00a0 At the same time politicians speak of the value of “National Service” by our youth.\u00a0 They say it can be an opportunity to serve the needs of\u00a0the inner city, to improve the environment, and, oh yes, to serve your country in the military.\u00a0 There are real needs in the inner city and for the environment.\u00a0 So let’s put some significant money into those areas now. Strange, it’s not happening now. But we will get national service when the politicians think a draft is needed and socially aceptable (oh, I forgot, this is not a draft, it is “National Service.”)\u00a0 But come another 9\/11 (which our actions around the world are making increasingly likely), when all\u00a0“true patriots”\u00a0are clamoring for revenge, we will hear “National Service” for real.\u00a0Make no mistake, it is a draft in sheep’s clothing, with useful options to shunt aside those who might otherwise object to military service.\u00a0With universal service for both men and women, there will be plenty of wo\/man power.\u00a0But the true\u00a0purpose is to fight a world war. Those who oppose it will be crucified.\u00a0 I will oppose it with all my strength, knowing what it really is and how it came about.\u00a0I hope others can hold to that same faith — it will not be easy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Politicians\u00a0promise “No draft.”\u00a0 At the same time politicians speak of the value of “National Service” by our youth.\u00a0 They say it can be an opportunity to serve the needs of\u00a0the inner city, to improve the environment, and, oh yes, to serve your country in the military.\u00a0 There are real needs in the inner city and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-peace","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}