Long have we argued, Dear Gentle Reader(s), for a revival of the Selective Service System. As a matter of fact, we feel it should be universal.
Current political leaders claim the "draft" is not necessary. Some even go so far as to say that the current armed forces are better for not being a mixture of "Regular Army" and "U.S." (Army service identification numbers began with RA--volunteers--or US--draftees--ours was RA--a draft dodger!)
The Los Angeles Times reports today that the Pentagon's program of "stop loss," that is, those volunteers whose enlistment is about to end are prevented from leaving the active duty military and are liable to be re-deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, reached a high of 12,235 in March of this year. From the beginning of theIraqi/Afghanistan military operations until the end of 2007, a total of 58,300 were issued a stop loss order.
That pretty much sounds like a involuntary draft.
If we are in this struggle, we should all be in this struggle.
A universal draft is the only fair manner in which to provide troops for the effort.
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