Ralph Peters:
THERE is not going to be a military draft. No matter who is elected. No draft. None. Period.Clear enough?
The shameless lies told for political advantage, the immoral scare tactics behind the warnings that President Bush has a "secret plan" to bring back the draft, have reached a new low point in recent American politics.
Sen. John Kerry knows there isn't going to be a draft.
Sen. John Edwards, who doesn't know much else, knows there isn't going to be a draft.
The Democratic National Committee knows there isn't going to be a draft.
And they're all warning us that a draft is on the way — unless, of course, young people vote for the Democratic ticket.
Apart from assuming that all young Americans are cowards with no sense of patriotism, the naked dishonesty of the "draft scare" tactic is stunning even to someone who's watched politicians misbehave for decades.
There isn't going to be a draft.
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Why on earth would we need or want to bring back the draft when we have sufficient volunteers? With the personnel turnover and lowered effectiveness it brings, a draft no longer even saves money.
The outrageous lie that, if our president is re-elected, millions of young Americans will be dragged off to basic training is so shameless that printable language doesn't suffice to describe it.
No president is going to ask for a draft that the military doesn't want and the country doesn't need. And if he did, Congress wouldn't give it to him. End of issue.
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