Yep. Show of hands: all those who think that Hollings and Rangel are motivated by anything other than desire to embarass the President and energize the antiwar movement?
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Actually one of our own is calling for the draft to be reinstated as well. And I have to say I agree with him. I enlisted in the Army in the middle of Gulf War I and was honorably discarged in '99 and plus I'm in my 40's so since I wouldn't be one of the people going maybe it's not my place to talk but - I think this is a time that people need to step up and do what we can for our country. In WWII everybody enlisted and fought for freedom. That's not happening now. The reservists I know are not gonna be re-upping when there time is up and the stop loss stuff is just not fair. We all need to do our part to defend freedom. Here's the link to the article by Senator Hagel and I pasted the first few paragraphs too.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38139
A Republican U.S. senator is calling for a return of the military draft so the cost of the Iraq operation could be borne by people of all economic strata.
Speaking at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on post-occupation Iraq, Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., said, "There's not an American ... that doesn't understand what we are engaged in today and what the prospects are for the future."
Hagel, a member of the committee, says all Americans should be involved in the effort.
"Why shouldn't we ask all of our citizens to bear some responsibility and pay some price?" Hagel said, arguing that restoring the draft would force "our citizens to understand the intensity and depth of challenges we face."