Reply #52: I disagree, [View All]

[salin]

because the democrats are not going to deliver a draft - unless Bushco starts another war. However the discussion - and the lingering question of ... so how do we 'man' these plans, will stick in the minds of the public - IF the discussion goes on long enough to prick the public psyche. Imo, it isn't a stunt. It is serious questioning about policy that should have been done before we started a second war. While I think the answer would have been different for Afghanistan (911 was so fresh), I do not think that if people were asked whether or not Iraq was a serious enough threat to put in place a draft to pursue (eg the whole country together making the ultimate safety of our country as a priority, sacrificing equally) - the question of whether or not Iraq was really a threat to the 'ultimate safety' would have been much more deeply discussed, dissected and thus less likely to be propoganda-ed into war.

Discussions of entering war should be much more serious and somber, and much less jingoistic and marketed than they were in 2006. If this is the beginning of changing the nation's public discourse/discussion in the face of future possible wars - then it is a very worthy endeavor (not pursuit of the draft - as I stated that isn't going to happen right now - but the reality that whenever serious, long-term engagement is being planned - a draft to man it and to commit the public to it (as was the case in WWII).)