In case you missed it: the D-word looms eerily

[netmouse]

Jim posts about President Bush's new war adviser saying in an interview on NPR that he thinks we should certainly consider re-instating the draft.

In case anyone's wondering, I would be, uh, against that. I think any conflict where an insufficient number of our youngsters (and other healthy people) are willing to go in service is a conflict we shouldn't be involved in. That's aside from the whole question of whether or not there are better approaches to conflict than fighting, much of the time.

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[ckd]

I have a modest proposal for reinstating the draft: use publicly-available lists of donors to the Republican Party since 2003. "You supported this, so here's your gear. Unfortunately we don't have enough Kevlar helmets. You could buy a motorcycle helmet, I suppose."

[tlatoani.livejournal.com]

Here's mine: start with the children and grandchildren of any legislator who has voted in support of the war. And put them in infantry school.