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Originally Posted by JC  He said last year he favors “universal national service,” either in the Peace Corps or the military. |
i REALLY don't see what's wrong with this? actually, i've been saying for years this should be done. all these people coming to America, legally or illegally, are expecting a free ride while the youth of our nation who're born here bear the brunt of battle.
my Afghanny friend who got political asylum here, once he got his citizenship, signed up to be an interpreter in Afghanistan and served 2/yrs because he wanted to repay Amercia for being good to him and his family.
you want to live in this country, do 3/yrs in the military defending it.
or the peace corps, and i've known professors and execs that've gone to do a tour with the Peace Corps, and said it was the most gratifying experience they ever had in their lives.
bottom line, people need to contribute to this nation. if you dont contribute, what good are you to anyone, or yourself? JMO
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Originally Posted by TheGuesser A VP's past policy decisions and/or legilative history have little bearing, since it's the President that sets policy, and the VP that goes along with it. Except for Cheney, who has had to run things for a bumbling, incompetant idiot, that has alway been true. |
Prettymuch TG. In fact i'd say Biden's record pales compared to Cheney's. And talk about not doing anything for his country. When Cheney was asked why he didn't serve in Vietnam and got 5/draft deferments, he said "I had better things to do." Gee, no sh*t, who didn't Dick?
Biden never served in the military because in '66 he was married and working on his doctorate (exempt from the draft), but his son does ...
"He is a captain in the Delaware Army National Guard .... and is set to be deployed to Iraq in October, 2008."
... and eventho it's a bullsh*t war (most are), i applaud him for doing the honorable thing.