<p>[Thompson</a> wants million-member ground force - Navy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Navy Times](<a href=“http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/11/ap_thompson_071113/]Thompson”>http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/11/ap_thompson_071113/)</p>
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<p>You can WANT as much as you want, but you have to obey reality once in a while.</p>
<p>“But the Army started its recruiting year Oct. 1, with fewer signed up for basic training than in any year since it became an all-volunteer service in 1973. The Army barely reached its goals the previous year, doing so as it pushed recruiters to work harder, offered fatter bonuses and issued more waivers for such transgressions as past minor crimes or drug use.”</p>
<p>How would Mr. “LAW and ORDER” plan on getting people to sign up unless he wants a draft? Btw, I thought he loves the military. Why is he attacking a General of the United States, the great General Sherman? (I guess it’s ok to attack the generals you don’t like it, isnt it?)</p>
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<p>Well let’s see.
<p>Dear, I wonder how someone could dislike General Sherman unless they support the Confederacy, White Supermacy, or seccession?
In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more serious acts of disloyalty to one’s sovereign or nation. A person who commits treason is known as a traitor. Seccession usually goes in that column.</p>
<p>I am not accusing you of the above. But please go ahead attack General Sherman. I really am interested and eagerly waiting for this :). I want to know why.</p>
<p>No please challenge my arguments without attacking me as a person. That counts as CIVIL discourse and is more than welcome.</p>
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<p>Re-read the article, then re-read your history book. </p>
<p>Thompson never “attacked” General Sherman. His exact quote was “I drew the line at playing General Sherman.”</p>
<p>If you view that as an “attack”, you have the thinnest skin I’ve ever encountered.</p>
<p>It was a joke, a joke to an audience at a southern college, located in the cradle of the southern secession rebellion, whose former students actively participated in attacking a US Army fort, and whose home state of South Carolina was viciously and savagely punished by Sherman, reaping (in his words) “the consequence of treason.”</p>
<p>It was way above your head, have someone explain it to you.</p>
<p>Luigi, my sincerest thanks for responding to my post with an argument. </p>
<p>Well his quote indicates disregard for General Sherman, no doubt. Last time I checked he’s running to be President of the United States, not the Confederacy. Would he have drawn the line at playing Jefferson Davis , or is he a “good” guy?</p>
<p>The attacks on South Carolina were exaggerated according to modern historians. They did all they can to block the fires and prevent looting.
Why should we take lightly “former students” who participated in enslaving African-Americans?
That’s not funny to me and wouldn’t be funny to most suburban, non-Southern Republicans. There’s no doubt in my mind now why Thompson isn’t doing well outside the Bible Belt.
Sorry when it comes to human rights and civil rights I do have a thin skin.</p>
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<p>Some people think the Holocaust was exaggerated too.</p>
<p>Seriously, though of course his comment was a joke. Said to warm up the room and lighten up the audience.</p>
<p>If all actors were above playing the bad guy we wouldn’t have any movies to watch.</p>
<p>quote]Luigi, my sincerest thanks for responding to my post with an argument.
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<p>Argument? Where exactly? An explanation perhaps but there is nothing argumentative about his post, unless you’re just flailing around for reasons to continue this discussion about a non event.</p>
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<p>Disregard? Them are fighting words…… If it were not for the fact you are apparently serious this would be amusing. So if I said I’m not fond of reading Shakespeare that would be a huge dig and diss against the Brits, worthy of military action I suppose?</p>
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<p>Huh? How do you go from Thompson joking about not playing General Sherman to this being a human/civil rights issue? I guess I should be relived that you didn’t conclude based on his joke about not playing Sherman you didn’t suggest if he was elected his first act as President would be to fly the confederate flag over the White house lawn. Or did I miss a post of yours?</p>
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<p>I have little in the way of knowledge or interest in this issue, but let’s not forget…he who wins the war writes the history.</p>
<p>General Sherman did what he was paid to do–bring total war to the South by severely reducing the Confederacy’s ability and will to continue the rebellion.</p>
<p>Ok. let’s examine this. He said he wouldn’t be General Sherman. That implies he doesn’t want to. Implies he thinks Sherman is a bad guy. Now especially saying that to a Southern audience where people run around with the good ol Stars and Bars all the time is disgusting and offensive to the rest of the country.</p>
<p>Keep in mind the Confederate flag still flies on state grounds in South Carolina. And then they wonder why all the federal service academies are on the North side of the Potomac :). And Maryland is North enough for me.</p>
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<p>really? I was just in Columbia a 2 months ago and didn’t see it flying…</p>
<p>honestly - I drove down to Alabama in August and SC in Sept and hardly saw any confederate flags - I see more on the back of pickups here in PA than I saw in hundreds of miles of driving down south.</p>
<p>now run along and take your twisted ideas with you…</p>
<p>Well according to the SOUTH CAROLINA STATE WEB SITE "There are many statues and monuments on the State House grounds, such as a Confederate battle flag, which flew over the dome of the State House until July 1, 2000. The flag was moved to the Monument to South Carolina’s Confederate Dead on the north side of the State House ". </p>
<p>On the top till 2000 and still on state grounds. Old habits die hard, don’t they.</p>
<p>Even worse, the Confederate flag was in Georgia’s State Flag until 2001 and is STILL ON Mississippi’s. Here’s a picture of Miss’s flag. <a href=“http://www.yoyita.com/Mississippi/Mississippi_state_flag.jpg[/url]”>http://www.yoyita.com/Mississippi/Mississippi_state_flag.jpg</a></p>
<p>Dear Liable,</p>
<pre><code> I think that this is getting way off the mark. Fred Thompson has been an actor for many years beside his political career. I am sure many people know he was an actor and connected the comment to that. We are now in such a society that politicians are being slammed for not saying hello correctly (rep. and dem). We should pay more to attention their voting record and platform than an ill received comment. Can you honestly say he meant to offend any constituent? At least when he goes to the south his accent is true and not faked like others! He also doesn’t try to get rid of it when he visits the north.
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<p>Just out of curious do you live in the south?</p>
<p>No, but facts about the good ol’ Stars and Bars that I posted are true. I think that as president I would bar fed. funding to Miss. and S.Carolina until they remove the Confed. flag from all gov. property or we bring in the National Guard. It’s offensive to African-Americans as was his comment about General Sherman.</p>
<p>By all means discuss his platform. I didn’t start this thread. I still want to know how he’s going to get a million-man army with the lowest recruiting levels since the end of the volunteer army. Would he like some form of a draft (I probably would).</p>
<p>There will never be a draft unless the US is invaded. SHould we follow european countries that require all citizens to spend 2 years in the military? I personally believe we should, this way every American understands what this life is like and could vote with experience. Think of it this way, we argue about taxes, ss, and the health sytem, at least we all have some type of vested interest. How many voters have personal experience with the military? Yet in the end that is why this country is great, we have young men and women fighting for us to openly have this conversation</p>
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