Tag: draft
Commentary: NFL needs to create better, stricter policies
Two things seem to be intersecting lately a lot more than they should – domestic violence and the NFL.
Draft would be worse than defeat
As the war in Iraq just seems to get uglier and uglier, it looks like America’s youth might find themselves staring down the barrel of a gun – quite literally.
Notion of forced service strikes fear in some
Among questions circulating during election time are those centered on the draft and whether Bush, or Kerry for that matter, would support its reinstatement given that the Iraq war could drag on indefinitely.
Draft a real (scary) prospect
An issue most people should be aware of by now is that the military draft will most likely be reinstated in the upcoming year following the presidential election.
Leaving the door open for a draft
Reinstating the military draft is an issue that many Americans thought they would never have to face again. Some may be in for a rude awakening in spring 2005 if President Bush is re-elected.
Military draft should affect all
In 1973 the draft ended and converted the U.S. military to an all-voluntary force. Now, three decades later, a group of Democratic lawmakers want to bring it back for the goal of sharing the burden of war more evenly among Americans of all races and classes.