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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: ChinuSFO who started this subject4/20/2004 4:29:13 PM
From: CalculatedRiskRead Replies (2) of 81568
 
Here comes the Military draft:

Senator says US may need compulsory service to boost Iraq force
news.yahoo.com

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A senior Republican lawmaker said that deteriorating security in Iraq (news - web sites) may force the United States to reintroduce the military draft.

"There's not an American ... that doesn't understand what we are engaged in today and what the prospects are for the future," Senator Chuck Hagel told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on post-occupation Iraq.

"Why shouldn't we ask all of our citizens to bear some responsibility and pay some price?" Hagel said, arguing that restoring compulsory military service would force "our citizens to understand the intensity and depth of challenges we face."

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