Don't we need a draft to relieve over used Guard and Reserve troops in Iraq?
813580
No to the Draft. If things get rough and personal, I guarantee you that we have plenty of brave souls who will run to enlist. They will make America proud.
874637
actually the violence has been escalating, and is out of control, but a draft isn't really needed for Iraq.\n\nthe people suggesting the draft be reinstated are only using it as a political tool to prevent people in control from starting more wars.\nthe logic: if the people calling the shots have loved ones that have equal chance of being drafted and sent to war, the people calling the shots will be les likely to rush off to war or at least less likely to use fraudulent evidence in attempt to support another.\n\nand when you are running your mouth on other countries in the form of threats and sanctions, it is only a good idea to make sure the draft is up and  running failrly, before it is needed in desparation!
919341
No.  The american people will not agree to a draft.\n\nIn fact, I don't think the military will agree to a draft.
685881
Only if it becomes necessary.  If a ground invasion of Iran or N. Korea became imminent, you can bet that the draft would be re-activated before the fact, not after the fact.
757479
The draft is a horrible idea.  I do think that because of video games, (such as Battlefield 2 and such) that people know very good tactics and such, but this is real life, most of the young people today could barely survive in the wild, so imagine a war.    \n\nMy solution to the problem would be this:\n\nThere needs to be a world power, to help with this evil (which is Al Qaida) which they are in Iraq, hence the name Al Qaida in Iraq, but at the same time we need to secure ourselves at home...  They say there are sleeper cells in America, well we need to find them, and make sure our borders are secure so we can prevent another 9/11.   \n\nBut  a draft would not solve anything, only thing it would do is put more of our young men and women in Iraq.   That Charles Rangel guy is a nut case, why would he think of a way for us to leave Iraq by sending thousands more?!?
374215
Because imposing a draft on the citizens of the US would be political suicide for any politician who supported it. Heck, the barest mention that some obscure Pentagon report mentioned it sent thousands of people into a tizzy. Actually trying to enfore such a move would be difficult at best.
991578
as far as i know the united states is stretched to the point of not having a military.to take on n.korea and iran is suicide.if bush keeps sending reservists and national guard troops to iraq and afganistan he will start the draft.if he does i hope the young people take off to canada like they did during vietnam.i served my time during vietnam and was injured but where i grew up was getting on my nerves but i came home and im 53 years old and very disabled.the military is not a bad thing but it can change your life forever
968977
i don't know where people keep coming up with the draft - sure charlie wrangle thinks there should be one but he's a nutjob.  there will be no draft -there doesn't need to be. thank God there are enough patriotic, strong men and women who are willing to protect and serve all American's - even those who treat them like garbage and show no respect for America.
791819
Well ... ah ... in a word, "No." The nation is in deep do-do, and we do have serious enemies out there (some of whom we are funding). This draft talk may just be to get people riled up so they show their displeasure to the Bush war, however. We are in a very odd era where power has been used, and misused at the same time.
20963
I do not believe compulsory military service is required for the time being. Although the Army has had trouble recruiting in the past they have now been on target for their recruiting goals for the past six months. \n\nRight now the Army is preparing for a major organizational transformation. Instead of Divisions being deployed (10,000-15,000 soldiers) Brigade sized units will be deployed (3,000-5,000 soldiers). What this means is groups of soldiers can be deployed in more efficient rotations. Now it will be less common for soldiers to be deployed 2 or 3 times.\n\nAlso, one thing most Americans do not know is there are currently 10,000 mercenaries or private security corporations in Iraq doing the same jobs as the actual soldiers. \n\nPolitically a draft would be a disaster for the Bush administration and there are enough alternatives that I don't see it happpening any time soon.
863514
That might be a legitimate reason not to, but there's nothing to worry about.  There is NOT going to be a draft.  There's no need for one.
497810
It's the people's duty to protect the thing that protects them. I don't believe in the draft, myself, but I can see it's uses. Think WWII, the draft there worked to great effect for our nation and the world. If we had a draft now, though, we results would be very different.
825358
Don't believe the hype. There is not going to be a draft. There is only one nutjob who wants it,and thats Democrat Charlie Rangel. The dems just took back the senate,and the house,and they're not going to screw it up by reinstating the draft,and if for some reason they decided to commit political suicide, Bush would still veto it. It's just one nut trying to stir things up,don't worry about it.
880205
A draft is sometimes a necessary evil. It seems that these days, more than at any time in the past, people have forgotten that freedom is not without cost. In order for a society such as ours to continue, sacrifice must be made. Those who came before us made such sacrifices. A sense of entitlement does not guarantee you get what you want out of life. This society depends on the efforts and sacrifices of it's citizens.\n\nI did my hitch as did many other in years past. And like many of those who did serve in past wars on foreign soil, I would gladly go again. I find it hard to understand the mindset of those who incessantly complain about the possibility that they will have to go do their part. Do you enjoy your freedom to vote? Freedom to travel from state to state without having to show papers to cross the border to another state? Enjoy being able to speak freely your opinions loudly and without fear of being whisked away in the night never to be seen again? It does not come free just because you were hatched. Someone, somewhere in the past did what was necessary to make certain you have these freedoms. \n\nPut up or shut up? Absolutely. Time to suck it up and grow a pair.
878775
That's political face saving at best trying to buy time to come up with an excuse to leave. The truth is there is no saving the situation in Iraq. This is now a tribal and religious war and will have to burn itself out we are just in the way. The govt that was elected in Iraq is so convoluted that no one has real power just the militias and they have infiltrated everything to the highest levels. Thus the Iraq army has been totally nullified along with the police forces. There is no getting it right that ship has long ago sailed. The generals hopes and dreams will not change that. It would be best to get out or move our troops to the oil facilities only and keep the crude safe from terrorist and insurgents. Any extra troops can be sent to Afghanistan that can still be saved. Once the most powerful tribes win control of Iraq we can then do like all the rest before us supply them with weapons and expertise and thus prop up another new Saddam.
938749
Charlie really thinks re-instituting the draft will deter our decisions to go to war, in that children of the senate and house could be drafted.\n\nThat's somewhat of a reach.\n\nI don't want to chance filling our army with people who don't want to join.  Not a good idea right now.  Campus riots would be everywhere.\n\nCan't answer your other questions right now, you did your research and are way ahead of me.
173460
Maybe we should start the draft before we start a THIRD WAR!  Maybe we can just call up the cub scouts, since everybody is already deployed.