In an interview at Antiwar.com author James Bamford, A Pretext for War, suggests that a war tax and a mandatory draft are a sure way to assure full public involvement in the war making process:
The key problem is massive public apathy and extremely poor press coverage. I think the only way to prevent such wars in the future would be to make every citizen an equal shareholder in the war
Good post. I couldn’t agree with you more about collecting funds and soldiers from those who voted for war!
When did we get to vote for or against the war? Wasn’t on my ballot anyway.
Love,
Hanna