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    Republican senator considers draft

    Reinstituting the draft would be great for Bush's poll numbers.

    http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=...draft&printer=1

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A senior Republican lawmaker said that deteriorating security in Iraq (news - web sites) may force the United States to reintroduce the military draft.

    "There's not an American ... that doesn't understand what we are engaged in today and what the prospects are for the future," Senator Chuck Hagel told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on post-occupation Iraq.

    "Why shouldn't we ask all of our citizens to bear some responsibility and pay some price?" Hagel said, arguing that restoring compulsory military service would force "our citizens to understand the intensity and depth of challenges we face."

    The Nebraska Republican added that a draft, which was ended in the early 1970s, would spread the burden of military service in Iraq more equitably among various social strata.
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    Originally posted by Trigfunctions@Apr 20 2004, 06:35 PM
    Reinstituting the draft would be great for Bush's poll numbers.

    http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=...draft&printer=1

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A senior Republican lawmaker said that deteriorating security in Iraq (news - web sites) may force the United States to reintroduce the military draft.

    "There's not an American ... that doesn't understand what we are engaged in today and what the prospects are for the future," Senator Chuck Hagel told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on post-occupation Iraq.

    "Why shouldn't we ask all of our citizens to bear some responsibility and pay some price?" Hagel said, arguing that restoring compulsory military service would force "our citizens to understand the intensity and depth of challenges we face."

    The Nebraska Republican added that a draft, which was ended in the early 1970s, would spread the burden of military service in Iraq more equitably among various social strata.
    Great for driving them down...
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    • #3
      I'm guessing Bush isn't going to be in favor of this.
      Asked what he would do differently in Iraq, Kerry said, "Right now, what I would do differently is, I mean, look, I'm not the president, and I didn't create this mess so I don't want to acknowledge a mistake that I haven't made."

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      • #4
        Originally posted by BurnKU@Apr 20 2004, 05:57 PM
        I'm guessing Bush isn't going to be in favor of this.
        If he isn't, he'll score points @ home.

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        • #5
          What a crock of shit...start-up the draft to protect a country we invaded because we can't back-up our "who needs the UN" smack talk?
          . . . and to tell you this: I work with gays, have friends who are gay, go to church with gays. Most of them are aware that I believe that homosexual behavior is sin. Some of them actually agree. Most don't. It's OK . . . because they also know or at least have been made aware of my multitude of sins: adulterous heart, lustful and covetous behavior, wicked pride, angry spirit . . . do I need to go on?
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          • #6
            This is almost surreal.
            But wait. There is something that can be done afterall. My good friend Angelo is a cop in the Tampa/Clearwater area. Since I kept all of the files from the access logs when I had the power to see them, guess what, I have everyone's IP addresses. Hmm..what can I do w/ those??
            ...

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            • #7
              Originally posted by OldSchoolStroker@Apr 20 2004, 11:13 PM
              What a crock of shit...start-up the draft to protect a country we invaded because we can't back-up our "who needs the UN" smack talk?
              Bring it on......

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              • #8
                What's he care? Besides McCain and Powell, has any Republican in the Senate or the Chicken Hawk Presidency ever served?
                From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

                For more than 20 years I have endeavored-indeed, I have struggled-along with a majority of this Court, to develop procedural & substantive rules that would lend more than the mere appearance of fairness to the death penalty endeavor.

                I feel morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed.

                The path the Court has chosen lessens us all. I dissent.

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