Among Americans in general, there is little support for the draft, and that support is about equally expressed in Dems, Repubs, and Independents. There have been several polls in the last year showing this.
The Rangel bill was of course a ploy; Rangel himself did not vote for it. Its purpose was simply to attempt to assert a dramatic point: namely that if there had been a draft there never would have been an Iraq war.
The primary voices in favor of a draft traditionally are military hawks, who are primarily conservative. However, it's difficult finding anybody these days who publicly advocates the draft, regardless of their private opinion on the matter. It's just not good politics.
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"the people on the right" do not support a draft. Name one person, just one, to support that allegation.
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There are people on the right within this very forum who support mandatory military service. And I'm sure I could do a Lexis search and find several Republicans who have advocated a draft. But what would be the purpose of naming them?
During a time of war such as this, discussion of the draft is always worthwhile.