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To: unclewest who wrote (20820)	12/22/2003 1:07:33 AM
From: MSI	of 793772

Exactly right. Common national service provides a common framework for being "American", besides the other benefits of discipline and the extent of our mutual responsibilities. Odd how this issue seems to cut across ideological bounds. Rumsfeld accused Rangel of just trying to stir up trouble but I think he's serious, and I'm glad he hasn't dropped it. The last thing we need if we are in any danger of totalitarian rule is a completely mercenary military, which is where Rumsfeld is headed. To be blunt, foreigners and mercenaries can be more easily counted on to shoot other Americans than conscripted civilians.

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