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Arguments for draft don't jibe with reality

Published Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Recent discussion on this page has centered on the necessity of protest against the ever-lengthening American engagement in Iraq. On a related note, a few writers have decried the socioeconomic inequity that is said to characterize the makeup of the American military. This grievance has been posited as a reason to oppose the war. During this discourse, it has been suggested that Congress reinstate the Selective Service in order to bring a swift end to the war and, perhaps, force some of America’s more privileged youths into serving their country.

Though the idea of a draft at first...

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