Word: desertic
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...national security calculus would be different, activists thought, if George Bush had to commit his own son to the front lines of Desert Storm. The president and his warmonger cronies would be far less enthusiastic about war in the Middle East if they stood to lose their own loved ones...
...implement a draft for all men of fighting age, with no student deferrals at all. Put the rich, white, politically-influential young men from places like Harvard on the front lines of American foreign policy. Then see how eager the policy-makers are to commit America to wars like Desert Storm...
None of this, of course, excuses the hypocrisy that exists on the other side of the fence. Pro-war students at Harvard, it seems, are willing to stand firmly behind Desert Storm--so long as they do not have to leave precious Cambridge to do it. Perhaps some of them will be PAX's best customers at draft counseling sessions if conscription returns...
...these privileged young men and women truly believe the national interest demands that American blood be shed in the Arabian desert, they should not shy away from doing their duty to America. If the nation's interest is truly served by Desert Storm, then all of the nation's young men should equally serve and suffer to see it through. That means universal conscription...
MEANWHILE, America's all-volunteer force continues the ground war to liberate Kuwait. Statistics on the racial breakdown of the troops of Desert Storm, many of whom may perish in the coming weeks, are not hard to come by. According to The Boston Globe, the American force is about 70 percent white and 30 percent minority. Those figures do not even approximate the racial make-up of the nation--around 80 percent white and 20 percent minority...