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To: sandintoes who wrote (17934)9/29/2004 9:26:07 PM
From: Selectric II  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 90947
 
Rangel thinks a draft will result in sons and daughters of wealthier people serving, resulting in reluctance to put them in harm's way. Actually, it would result in a much less professional and career-oriented military, which is one of our current military's main strengths. We need specialized careerists, not short-term slackers and cannon fodder.



To: sandintoes who wrote (17934)9/29/2004 9:54:23 PM
From: JBTFD  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 90947
 
I think Rangel's reasons are:

1. Blacks are disproportionally in harms way when there is war. A mandatory draft might even the playing field.

2. There is nothing that would galvanize the anti-war movement more than reinstituting the mandatory draft.


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