reinstatement of the draft.?

Question

I want you all to pretend that you are represenatives and either vote yes or no for reinstatement of the draft. The reason Iam doing this is because charlie rangel is trying to reinstate the draft.

Answer 1

NO

Answer 2

We had the draft in 1960 when I enlisted at 17, I retired at 37. I never saw a draft card. The soldiers of today know when they walk into that office & sign the papers what is expected of them. I asked to go to Viet Nam I believed in what we were doing. Yes I was Scared out of my mind the first time I was in a fire fight. But every solder does what they have been trained for. I do not agree with Rangel that the army is just the poor. Even if that was so , during the draft the rich found ways of avoiding the draft, I know Ayoung man who was taking the hearing test & had them turn the volum up so loud he could not hear for 3 days. He did this on perpose. He got classified 4F for this fakery. But he beat the draft. There are many other ways.

Answer 3

because i'm a girl, i really wouldn't be effected to much by this, most of the guys in my life are already in the military, and I plan on commissioning in a few years. There are a few countries in the world that have a mandatory 2 year enlistment time for males, this has worked in quite a few places. It gives young people experience, and teaches them valuable life lessons. But fighting isn't for everyone, which we've seen in these college students that believe that their whole life is bent around protesting. Reinstating the draft would cause a whole lot of problems and dissagreements, and as slow as Washington is to Decide things, we probably wouldn't even do it for a few years. Charlie Rengel is only trying to reinstate it because he feels that if high up officials suddently had to deal with the chance of their children going to war, they would vote to pull out of iraq. I can't imagine what it's like to send a child off to war, I know my parents don't like the idea of it, But I think it's selfish. Minimum enlistment time is nothing compared to the blessings we get from this country

Answer 4

Tough one, I don't see any reason for Rangel to suddenly endorse this other than being briefed on NYC being # 1 target in the world outside of Isreal. It's also odd because not long ago democrats were trying to start rumours that Bush would try this. I have heard serious pro-draft arguements made. 1.) That you will be putting a cross section of young people from all 50 states, and all social classes, who might otherwise never meet, associate or understand each other's culture, together. That it can in this sense be a unifying effect. 2.) That you will have people trained and ready for another war, and practically, they will have basic vocational ability with job training, understand how to properly handle a firearm, first aid training, and other medical/education assistance they might not get if they are going from high school to a minimum wage job. I do believe we will see another world war, with weapons far more effective used on both sides, and no part of our civilian population will be beyond reach, piddling whining propaganda about human shields being killed in the Middle East is nothing compared to what full scale conventional or nuclear wars do. Neither being in the Texas Air Guard or studying overseas at Oxford will be "safer". 3.) People from other countries that have compulsory military service after high school believe it was a great thing, and that it teaches you values and discipline you rely on the rest of your life, not just the skills (driving, swimming, flying, etc.) you learn. 4.) I believe what Charles Rangel is up to, and I AGREE (in a Utopian theory sort of way) with him, is that if everyone had to send their children into the military they would be less likely to support military actions. Unfortunatly they don't teach school kids how real the threat is of urban centers being nuked in this county, and what survival would be like. If all people, all children were taught the horrors of nuclear war (and they don't belong to a crackpot cult that promises rewards in heaven for killing others) there might be less support for nuclear weapons and more determination to stop their spread. War is inevitable, an attack on the USA is inevitable. So is the draft, but right now I don't believe is the right time or place for the draft, not even if they turn half of it into a CCC style program, because we are sending so much money overseas in aid programs we can not afford it at this time. And democrats claimed they would balance the budget (go back to 1994 and watch how Clinton and the democrtats fought the idea tooth and nail) and not raise taxes. This idea of a nationwide draft enlarging the military proves they can't even make it to Jan. first without spending us into the poorhouse. Yes our debt went up while Bush was in, it was 9/11 aftermath, yet our economy survived in SPITE of this, you can't tax and spend your way into a better economy. FDR's New Deal was an economic failure but that is now being spun for political purposes that will spell disaster. In addition, under the 2nd Ammendment, every able bodied man 18 to 45 can be compelled to serve his country in a time of need, that is why draft dodgers and "gun control advocates" want to delete it from our Constitution. I would not vote to reinstate teh draft until we had a realistic plan of how to pay for it, I would say cut foreign aid and tell the United Nations when they paid us what they owe for their overseas ventures, we will pay them (a smaller amount) what they claim we owe them, and stop "forgiving" national debts of other countries. If that isn't enough we'd cut pork barrel, no more $37 million dollar opera houses for Sen. Clinton, (didn't she know there are people in this country without healthcare?).

Answer 5

It is funny the democrats said that Bush & the Repulicans would call for it if they won. Has Charlie Rangel changed parties?

If we win or lose the war on terrorism it will be done by their 5th column = our press & those that use the war as political radder.

Offer thought out solutions not backstabbing

Answer 6

No. We need to pull out all the stops with our existing military, ask for help (again) from the UN and our allies, and get Iraq's neighbors involved.

If all the other options fail, then it's time to re-evaluate the draft issue. But I'll only go for it if women are included this time.

Answer 7

whats up, did not Obama promise to get out of all wars and bring the Troops living house? the place is that desire and alter? And now he is going to draft? possibly all the toddlers who campaigned so not ordinary for him will connect the militia earlier Obama can draft them, will you?

Answer 8

In the 70's I stood against the draft, I stand so now!!!

The Ol' Sasquatch Ü

Answer 9

I was in Desert Storm, I wouldn't want to have my life covered be a draftee. I want a paratrooper, as much voluntary training as possible, so did the boys in WWII's in Band of Brothers series, based on a true story.

Answer 10

NO. To force people to sign up would lead to lower morale and a higher rate violence with in the services.

Answer 11

No draft....
If our country is at risk men would line up to fight including me.
We haven/t had a war worth fighting since WW2.