Pending War with Iraq
Where did Ellis get his 1,000,000 casualties in the 1991 war? He pulled this number out of the air to inflame you. The rest of is letter is silly. Who ever sends old men in wars? Young men fight our wars. The Revolutionary War was fought by men of all ages. After we became a country young men sevred in our armed forces. In the Civil War, young men started the fighting and as we ran pout of young men older men joined up. in WWll it was rare for anyone over 24 to be drafted. In 1945 we lowered the volunteer age to 17 with Mom’s permission as we were running out of replacement infantry.