"The Draft"
The draft, no matter how much MTV's Rock the Vote wants it to be, is not an issue in this election. Iraq is getting better, and the Bush Administration wants to make sure the country is secure with it's homegrown security forces and election before pulling out troops out. The "Draft Bill" in Congress was sponsored Charles Rangel of NY, a Democrat. President Bush, during the second debat, stood before the American people, of whose youth would be called into service and said,
"Forget all this ralk about a draft. We're not going to have a draft so long as I'm the President." It outrages me that the liberals continue level the accusation that Bush will implement a draft in his second term.
The military doesn't need a draft anyway, it needs reorganization. We need to remove our troops from places where they are no longer needed, like western Europe and Japan. Yes our military is too small, but it is not where it needs to be anyway. There are people who have been trying to enlist for over a year no being able to becuase the Armed Forces are too big according to Congress. First-term relenlistment is 50% across the board, and second-term plus is 80-85%, right on target. Congress could triple the size of the military and still have to turn down enlisters.
If there were a draft, we couldn't afford it. There is not enough tax revenue to pay those who would be drafted, and hurting the economy be keeping the draftees out of the workforce.
About.com's Rod Powers has two excellent articles on this to expand further. Check them out. (1) (2).
"Forget all this ralk about a draft. We're not going to have a draft so long as I'm the President." It outrages me that the liberals continue level the accusation that Bush will implement a draft in his second term.
The military doesn't need a draft anyway, it needs reorganization. We need to remove our troops from places where they are no longer needed, like western Europe and Japan. Yes our military is too small, but it is not where it needs to be anyway. There are people who have been trying to enlist for over a year no being able to becuase the Armed Forces are too big according to Congress. First-term relenlistment is 50% across the board, and second-term plus is 80-85%, right on target. Congress could triple the size of the military and still have to turn down enlisters.
If there were a draft, we couldn't afford it. There is not enough tax revenue to pay those who would be drafted, and hurting the economy be keeping the draftees out of the workforce.
About.com's Rod Powers has two excellent articles on this to expand further. Check them out. (1) (2).
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