I have to admit that I was a bit surprised at the vehemence of some of the replies to my recent guest post, “An Open Letter to West Virginians”. Some of my fellow TBP´ers took strong exception to the military draft, voting, the political parties, and the existing world in general.
The intention of my article was to cause West Virginians to reflect before falling for the cynical and dishonest Democratic Party tactic of using sock puppet veterans as candidates, in a vile attempt to deflect attention from their true, treasonous program. I used as an example the campaign of one Richard Ojeda in, of course, West Virginia.
I did not intend to support a military draft, applaud the senseless wars we are involved in, to praise our two main parties, or exalt the usefulness of voting under current conditions. I surely did not mean to express support for the world as it is. Anybody who has followed my comments should understand my basic positions on all of these points.
That said, let me reiterate my views on all of these things so you have a better idea of where I stand.
Military draft. Like it or not, the “draft”, i.e., compulsory military service, is one of the bedrock obligations of a citizen and it has been since the Roman Empire. In our particular case, service in the military dates back to medieval times in England when every man was required to serve according to their station. Nobles had to provide a certain number of armed men for a certain number of days a year, knights had to maintain a horse, weapons and armor, and yeomen had to furnish themselves with weapons and train on a regular basis. In many cases the yeomen were required to furnish themselves with the English longbow and practice regularly – this requirement won the battle of Agincourt for the English king.
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