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In a nutshell, if you are going to send our troops to war and you have no support from the UN and no support from the rest of the world (ie - you're providing more than 50% of the troops), then the draft is automatically enacted. And that draft would be the one that Charles Rangal has proposed where EVERYONE is drafted including rich kids and those who think college is their escape to get out of war. (and this would also include children & grandchildren of those people who are so willing to send other kids to war).
This war is filled with soldiers who used the military as an option when college was not affordable or feasible. And the least we could do is to ensure that we don't use them as a pawn by our goverment - first into battle and first to die.
Perhaps if we set such harsh standards for pre-emptive war and put ALL of our children on the line, not just the poor who thought the military would be a good option for a better future, then perhaps our folks in DC would think twice before sending us into war that no one else supports
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