Call for new military draft rebuffed

Charley Rangel is at it again:

New York's Mr. Rangel periodically has urged a draft revival as a mechanism to criticize President Bush's handling of military deployments in the war on terrorism. He renewed his call again on Sunday, saying on CBS' "Face the Nation" that "if we're going to challenge Iran and challenge North Korea and then, as some people have asked, send more troops to Iraq, we can't do that without the draft. ... I will be introducing that bill as soon as we start the new session." But Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, told reporters she does not favor the draft and has no plans to schedule a floor debate. And in the Senate, incoming Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin, Michigan Democrat, also dismissed the idea. "I don't think we need it," he told reporters.

This shows more lack of understanding of the Modern Military. Plus they look on the Army as a place for social experimenting, rather than our nation's first line of defense against barbarism. The all-volunteer force is the greatest in our long history and I wouldn't change a thing, save increasing the size of the Army as opposed to the other services, and not by a draft but by recruitment. Patriotism works better than forced labor Mr. Rangel!