Morally Confused
25 September 2007
Editor, The Boston Globe
To the Editor:
Like Thea Shapiro, I oppose the war in Iraq (Letters, Sept. 25). But I strongly disagree with her suggestion that conscription is an appropriate means of relieving existing soldiers of their duties. If the war is, as she claims, one "that we now know was started on false pretenses and that has no prospect for ever ending," forcing young people to fight such a war would be especially reprehensible.
Why is Ms. Shapiro willing to trust the same people who started this war with the additional power to confiscate years of life from young Americans?
Further,
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Editor, The Boston Globe
To the Editor:
Like Thea Shapiro, I oppose the war in Iraq (Letters, Sept. 25). But I strongly disagree with her suggestion that conscription is an appropriate means of relieving existing soldiers of their duties. If the war is, as she claims, one "that we now know was started on false pretenses and that has no prospect for ever ending," forcing young people to fight such a war would be especially reprehensible.
Why is Ms. Shapiro willing to trust the same people who started this war with the additional power to confiscate years of life from young Americans?
Further,
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Sunday March 16, 2008 at 8:01pm