Since the government is in bed with Indian tech lobbies to send many of the computer specialist jobs to Bangalore and New Delhi... then let them draft their military computer specialists over there as well. Since the military pays its draftees peanuts, it should mesh well with the current earnings of foreign out-sourced tech workers.
It is hypocritical to screw U.S. citizens out of their livelihood, then turn around and use them as cannon fodder in the same field. Although tech specialists are not combat soldiers, the current situation in Iraq and Afghanistan leaves them even more exposed. Lightly armed support units are the favorite targets for terrorists, suicide bombers, and guerrillas. Nobody is "safe" anymore.
I've been both a combat soldier in Iraq and a computer specialist. This selective draft makes me want to kick Dubyah, Rummie, and the rest of gang of hypocrites square in the cohones.
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Since the government is in bed with Indian tech lobbies to send many of the computer specialist jobs to Bangalore and New Delhi ... then let them draft their military computer specialists over there as well. Since the military pays its draftees peanuts, it should mesh well with the current earnings of foreign out-sourced tech workers.
It is hypocritical to screw U.S. citizens out of their livelihood, then turn around and use them as cannon fodder in the same field. Although tech specialists are not combat soldiers, the current situation in Iraq and Afghanistan leaves them even more exposed. Lightly armed support units are the favorite targets for terrorists, suicide bombers, and guerrillas. Nobody is "safe" anymore.
I've been both a combat soldier in Iraq and a computer specialist. This selective draft makes me want to kick Dubyah, Rummie, and the rest of gang of hypocrites square in the cohones.