I agree about your point on the Dems, but the GOP was equally tainted with deferments. I actually criticize both parties. I also do not support the draft. I am not talking about deferments due to marriage, or a delay for additional degrees in a major (i.e medical doctor, masters, PhD), but five to seven deferments? Deferments were abused by those who did not want to go to Vietnam. Anyone who can figure out the nuances of the Sopranos do not need to figure out what just happened. I think the same mind set still exists, and it will manifest itself if we are forced to fight a long war. The only way to avoid this divisive problem is having a volunteer force and avoid using the draft. I am not a leftie. I am an independent Conservative and Nationalist
FYI...The military draft is being proposed by two DEMOCRATS, Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C., and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. So everytime you hear a Dem state that Bush is going to institute a draft...they are lying.
Dick Cheney got his deferments because he was MARRIED WITH CHILDREN AND GOING TO SCHOOL....that has nothing to do with being elite or rich or anything else....We have a volunteer force, we aren't going back to the draft...so I stioll don't understand everyone's upset. The 60s had one set of rules, we have a different set now...Life is like that always changing