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well yeah to be honest i thought he od'ed a long time ago... i wasn't aware he was still alive until i hear he was dead.
and just to play devil's advocate: in the quote about the draft, i think you were highlighting the wrong part of the quote... the meaning i got out of it was that he thought that forcing a draft to supply bodies for an unpopular war only fueled the fire of the war protests. The victory in question had nothing to do with casualities or military advances, but rather advancements in civil disobedience. There was a draft during the world wars but back then there were no antiwar protests (aside from the isolationists)... because the war effort had the public's support. He was drawing a parallel between two unpopular wars; vietnam and iraq.
as for the abu ghraib quote... perhaps as shocking as all of the nazi's actions were, he wasn't as surprised they were capable of it. Nobody really expected american soldiers, the vigilantes of freedom and justice to commit such human rights violations. I don't come nearly close to agreeing with that quote, but if you tilt your head you can see everything from a different perspective.
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