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To: jimcav who wrote (578326)	5/25/2004 6:02:54 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

They want to do this to send the message that Dumbya will eventually do it but is deferring it for political purposes. Also, volunteers tend to be from poor families. Rangel's idea is that if there is a draft now, it will turn more of the hypocritical SUV-riding cushy middle-classes against the war. There is nothing better to turn one against this war than the realization that one's 18 year-old son is being sent to fight it.

To: jimcav who wrote (578326)	5/25/2004 6:08:11 PM
From: JBTFD	Respond to of 769670

<<why does everyone keep saying the Bush admin is pushing this through and will reinstate the draft when it was Fritz and my personal favorite (not really!) NY state rep Charlie who sponsored them?>> probably because it was this administration's decision to go into Iraq that has resulted in the apparent shortage of troops that we now face.