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RE: Is it time to consider draft?

Comment comment by scottb on 12 August 2007

I agree that if the draft is reinstated, women should be included. I don't much buy the argument that restoring the draft is what's necessary to "secure our country".

Let's face it, when our military was deployed to do the job it was meant to do, it did it and did it brilliantly, both in Desert Storm and in the 2003 invasion. But it's not intended to be a police force. This "wartime strain" is entirely because it's not a war - it's a shitty peace.

Now that all the candidates are talking about withdrawals (in various forms), the "strain" should be let up so the draft shouldn't be needed.

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RE: Is it time to consider draft? by smcbride :: NR6

Some say that a draft would end the war! Just might put the silver spoon kids in harms way!

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