Comments on: Chatting with the Army http://www.broofa.com/2005/11/go-army/ (Thoughtful musings, if you're lucky) Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:17:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.broofa.com/2005/11/go-army/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Anonymous Tue, 29 Nov 2005 05:45:42 +0000 http://www.broofa.com/blog/?p=54#comment-66 some heavy shit bro. Wouldn't want to draft anybody of course. Gets awkward when you have to call in favors to hide your kids. Especially when they later run for office. No, much better to manipulate those with few options and fewer connections into service, with the threat of desertion charges hanging over their heads once they realize their pooch has been screwed... On a similar topic- check out Soldier In the Great War by Mark Helprin. A truly amazing novel that among other things takes you up close and personal into Italian practices of conscription and service in an absurd peice of the 1st World War. some heavy shit bro. Wouldn’t want to draft anybody of course. Gets awkward when you have to call in favors to hide your kids. Especially when they later run for office. No, much better to manipulate those with few options and fewer connections into service, with the threat of desertion charges hanging over their heads once they realize their pooch has been screwed…

On a similar topic- check out Soldier In the Great War by Mark Helprin. A truly amazing novel that among other things takes you up close and personal into Italian practices of conscription and service in an absurd peice of the 1st World War.

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