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Well I think we had this discussion here but -- the Pentagon doesn't want or need a draft. Democrat Rangel introduced a bill to reinstate the draft two years ago. Nobody cared. A few weeks ago the legislators brought it back out to make a point, and subsequently voted it down unanimously. Even Rangel voted against his own bill.
A draft is so politically unpopular that neither side will bring it about lest they be voted out the next election. The Pentagon is able to recruit effectively if/when they want to.
All this did not stop Kerry from pressing it in rumorlike fashion, never saying "He will bring back the draft", but instead saying things like "backdoor draft" to describe a condition that volunteers volunteered themselves for. Dancing around the issue in order to take it. The truth is that the draft reflected a different national personality and different national conditions.
The difficult truth is that those red states seem unwilling to believe the D party can be hard-nosed on national defense. Whining about a draft that doesn't and won't exist, won't help.
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