Republican senator considers draft

[ppg shg]

What's he care? Besides McCain and Powell, has any Republican in the Senate or the Chicken Hawk Presidency ever served?

[King]

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......

[Fred Garvin]

This is almost surreal.

[OldSchoolStroker]

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?

[Jack Daniels]

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.

[BurnKU]

I'm guessing Bush isn't going to be in favor of this.

[ChiTownBluesFan]

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...

[Trigfunctions]

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.