"Key Democrats Oppose Creating New Military Draft"

Monday, November 20, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-11-21T025215Z_01_N20280714_RTRUKOC_0_US-DRAFT.xml&pageNumber=1&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage1

An incoming Democrat, Rangel, who has been appointed as the chair for the House Ways and Means Committee for 2007, has sparked up some dynamic conversation in Washington. He has mentioned his desire to reinstate the draft. Rangel stated that,

“If we’re going to challenge Iran and challenge North
Korea and then, as some people have asked, to send more troops to Iraq, we can’t
do that without a draft.”

Reaction from others, has not been so great. Incoming Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, proclaimed that the draft situation is not one of their priorities in this upcoming session. They will focus more on healthcare, minimum wage, and financial aid for college. Is she asleep? Our nation is currently at war with Afghanistan and Iraq with the possibility of fighting North Korea and Iran. The two present wars obviously require a lot of troops, not to mention adding the possibility of two more wars. Perhaps Pelosi is too concerned with pleasing the people by giving them more money instead of protection. Even though the U.S. has not declared war on North Korea or Iran yet, there is always the possibility, so we need to have a plan ready to go into effect. I believe that things will be most effective if the troops overseas actually have the desire to fight for their country, but if worse comes to worst and more troops are needed, the draft will have to reinstated.