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We are a long way from a draft -- to call a draft without an obvious encroaching enemy would be political suicide (reference: Charles Rangel) not only for a president that signed the authorization but for every congressman and senator that voted in favor of the motion.
Not only that, but the long term risk to the economy would greatly diminish the likelihood of a draft motion surviving Capital Hill.
On a side note, I've always felt that the draft process is incredibly descriminatory -- not on a race basis, but more on gender. I feel strongly that women of age should also be required to sign a draft card, not with the possibility of frontline duty, but on a limited service level. There is no rational explanation, in my opinion, why there should be legal rights for everything else except this. Women are quite capable of serving in the military in both times of peace and war in behind the lines capacities-- and even on frontline posts were the need to arise. Why am I required, as a male, to enlist in a process that carries with it an incredibly burden, but women should be excluded? I understand the logic behind preventing women from "frontline service" (whatever that means in this current day and age of biological weapons and ICBMs) but I don't understand why a women couldn't be drafted into military manufacturing or supply/maintenance roles. I know this happens anyway, but why am I compelled by law?
But, that's my little soapbox...
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