An argument is being made that Afghanistan is President Obama's Vietnam. However, there is one huge, glaring difference that no one seems to be talking about: During Vietnam, there was a draft.
Without a draft, we no longer have the endless supply of troops to throw into the meat grinder of a protracted war. There is a bottom to the well. So, as the pressure increases to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan, I will say here and now what no politician or pundit is saying: If you truly believe our efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan are necessary and just, and you are eligible for military service, you owe it to your fellow countrymen and women who are enduring multiple deployments to join them in the so-called "ideological struggle of the 21st century."
War is not a sports event where one sits on the sidelines and cheers for the home team. If you believe in the cause, then have the guts to fight and possibly die for it. Put your college education or career ambitions on hold, kiss your families goodbye and enlist.
Someday your kids are going to want to know what you did during the war of your generation. I can tell you from experience, you're really, really going to want to be able to look them in the eye and say, "I was there." Kevin Scotti
Pinehurst
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