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"There's no question in my mind that this president and this administration would never have invaded Iraq, especially on the flimsy evidence that was presented to the Congress, if indeed we had a draft and members of Congress and the administration thought that their kids from their communities would be placed in harm's way," Rangel said."
I don't believe that history would support that contention.
First, though, don't young men of eighteen already have to register for the Draft, even though involutary conscription is not in force at this point in time?
Second, my experience with an active draft during the 60's is that the sons of influential people, particularly politicians, indicates that those young men probably wouldn't serve unless they wanted to.
Our President is a case in point. His father allegedly managed to use some political clout to get him in the National Guard. That was not at all uncommon, while there were long waiting lists for the Guard and Reserves for ordinary people.
I suspect that Congressman Rangle knows that a draft won't ever happen unless there is a very serious major military threat to our country.
Great publicity, though.
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The above is the opinion of the poster which may or may not be based in known facts and does not necessarily reflect the views of Delta Tau Delta or Greek Chat -- but it might.
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