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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: the navigator who wrote (18199)	4/26/2004 8:00:35 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 81568

I think if they reinstate the draft, they should select the children of the powerful and wealthy first. Currently, only one child of an elected representative is serving.

To: the navigator who wrote (18199)	4/26/2004 10:38:28 PM
From: miraje	Respond to of 81568

Your response is interesting and adamant. Can you tell me why you feel so strongly? You gave me a cognitive and an emotional response to the proposition of a draft reinstatement. I'll give you both a pragmatic and a philosophical answer to your question. Before addressing that issue, I want to make clear that I feel immense respect and admiration for those who have chosen to join and serve in the military. That being said, my pragmatic opposition to the draft is that a purely volunteer military acts as a natural brake on the ability of political entities to indulge in lengthy and/or unpopular conflicts around the globe. Current enlistment and re-enlistment numbers seem to reflect the views of a large portion of the electorate that our involvement in the Middle East is a worthy and worthwhile effort, indeed, that it furthers our national interest at the present time. On a philosophical level, a draft is nothing other than slavery, pure and simple, no matter how it happens to be couched linguistically. As such, it is an evil concept and an anathema in a so called free society. Vietnam and its aftermath put an end to the draft in the United States, and it should remain buried, IMO, forever...