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To: kodiak_bull who wrote (21860)	10/13/2004 2:48:40 PM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

Kodiak, finally we arrive at the real issue. Please note that it's not whether the Democrats raised this as a fraudulent issue, as you initially suggested. The potential for a draft is a real possibility and we should be debating the whens, whys and whethers of that, and how that might impact our votes for Kerry or Bush. I do believe that we should maintain the possibility of a draft. Further, I believe that we should implement a draft if our needs for military personnel exceed what we can reasonable expect to secure through volunteers. I like the idea of a draft that has no "discretionary" deferments, such as those for marriage with family or enrollment in school. If we fight, the fighting should be equally born by rich and poor, bright and not so bright, and privileged and not privileged. The other thing I like about a draft is that it removes the chasm between the "them" that are fighting and the "us" families that don't take that risk. When we set out to kill and die for a cause, it ought to be such a compelling cause that a majority of us are not only willing to send others to do that in our name; we are willing to have our loved ones go, or go ourselves. I can tell you from personal experience that such a test creates a much higher threshold for going to war. For those who think of war as a game, that may be a bad thing. For those of us who think of war as obscenely wasteful unless truly used as a last resort, that's a blessedly good thing. Ed