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Specter of the Draft

By Schorr, Daniel
Publication: The New Leader
Date: Monday, November 1 2004

OUR TWO most recent Presidents came of draft age during the Vietnam War, but managed to escape the draft. I mention this without animus as one who was called to service in the citizens' Army during World War II. The word "draft" is being heard anew, mainly from people who claim to be dead set against

it. Politicians hardly dare to speak the word. When Representative Charles B. Rangel (D.-N. Y.), to force open discussion, introduced a conscription bill, the House leadership raced to sweep it away-bringing it up for a vote without hearings, without debate, without anything. In the end, Rangel voted against his own bill, having created the stir that he hoped to create.

Responding to persistent rumors, Bush stated, "We will not have a draft as long as I am President of the United States." He has promised to win the antiterrorism war with an all-volunteer Army. An Annenberg Foundation survey indicates that most draft-age Americans don't believe him.

Actually, the Army is not quite "all-volunteer" now. Just ask those ordered to stay on active duty beyond the terms of their enlistment. There is clearly a problem of a military stretched too thin.

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