[Mark Bahner]

"If W cannot energize enough volunteers to to fight both fronts we should only do what we can with what we have."

Amen! When reading the book, "Crisis and Leviathan," I read the argument that the purpose of a draft is to avoid paying people well enough that they freely choose to be in the military.

In other words, the draft is a way to fight a war "on the cheap"...by SHIFTING the cost from the general population, to the minority of young people who are forced to fight.

After reading that, I'm completely opposed to any draft, at any time. It's completely immoral to shift the costs of any military action to a minority of young people, rather than the cost being shared among the general population.

And, since the cost is shifted *away* from the general population, it's quite easy to argue that a draft *encourages* the general population to support wars that they wouldn't otherwise support.

Support freedom...just say no to the draft!

[ex-snook]

"Support freedom...just say no to the draft! "

Amazing, Congress critters who support the war oppose the draft.

They are trying to sneak a quick pitch past the young generation and are afraid a draft would wake them up.

[steve-b]

I read the argument that the purpose of a draft is to avoid paying people well enough that they freely choose to be in the military.

But Rangel and Conyers need the money for more important things, like more welfare. This is even good for the troops, since some of them are so poorly paid that they themselves qualify to collect....