why don't we go for it.

[Chaco Dundee]

All of you 58 and older remember the vietnam protests.what has changed? I guess we got older.is that a good excuse? If we do care about our children and their cildren we will have to wake up,and use the power of the people.

[cyberswede]

1. You might consider posting this in General Discussion...

as this post doesn't really fit the Statement of Purpose for Politics 2013.

A forum for general discussion of United States politics, campaigns, and elections, at all levels of government in 2013 and beyond. No posts about Israel/Palestine, religion, guns, showbiz, or sports unless there is really big news. No conspiracy theories. No whining about DU.

(And you may get more replies there, too)

[Chaco Dundee]

2. thanks

[Chaco Dundee]

3. thanks again

If I could find general discusion on this confusing site ,I would post it there.

[cyberswede]

4. Here it is!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1002

You can also find it listed under "Main" in the left column, or under the "Forums & Groups" tab at the top of the page.

You'll get used to thing soon enough, I'm sure.

Welcome to DU!

[rug]

9. Well, this is one reason we can't get our shit together anymore.

Welcome to DU!

[burrowowl]

5. I protested during Vietnam

lived in France 20 years and found myself out protesting again and being an activist signing up people to vote.
Young people don't seem to realize what is at stake.
I am tired and losing hope.

[Chaco Dundee]

6. just hang in

I was hung up in the tuerkish ,cyprean war at the time ,bur I never lost hope.my son had 2 tours in irak,I.spend 9 month there in 1978,what a beautiful country that was.hang in,my friend,it will come around.

[JayhawkSD]

7. Simple: there's no draft now and there was then.

During VietNam a great many served because there was a draft. Draftees served one tour and they were done; sonebody else got drafted to go. Evereybody had a family member who was Nam knew somenone whs there. We cared.

Now we have an all volunteer force, so when the one tour is done and there is no one else to send they get another tour, and another and another. Less than 1% are in the military, so very few people have family members in "the sandbox" and none who aren't there are at risk of being sent and so we don't really care.

We didn't get older, we just got less involved. We got the benefit of fewer hubands, brothers and sons being killed and maimed. Of course we added the new but smaller risk of wives, sisters and daughters being killed and maimed, but in numbers small enough so as not to roil the pot.

[question everything]

8. This is true. Was going to say the same thing

This is why someone in Congress - don't remember who - suggested to bring back the draft as the war in Iraq got us deeper and deeper.

Of course it was ignored.

[Brother Buzz]

11. Charlie Rangel’s Draft Bill

[Kali]

12. are you using some kind of translating program?