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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (326193)2/17/2007 11:40:32 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) of 1575981
 
Sorry JF, I had to run out before I could explain my argument.

If there was a draft, a president would have limitless power to wage war and call up as many troops as he or she feels like. No recruitment incentives such as pay increases, benefits, or what not, just conscript any able-bodied person. No sense of calling up only those who feel a duty to serve for whatever reason, just force the pro-war and anti-war alike to go fight.

In other words, the power to impress people into battle is a power that can and will be easily abused. More people may protest, but the president doesn't have to listen, just like Bush doesn't have to listen to the polls that are overwhelmingly against a surge in Iraq.

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