"There's not an American ... that doesn't understand what we are engaged in today and what the prospects are for the future," Senator Chuck Hagel told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on post-occupation Iraq.

"Why shouldn't we ask all of our citizens to bear some responsibility and pay some price?" Hagel said, arguing that restoring compulsory military service would force "our citizens to understand the intensity and depth of challenges we face."

The Nebraska Republican added that a draft, which was ended in the early 1970s, would spread the burden of military service in Iraq more equitably among various social strata.

"Those who are serving today and dying today are the middle class and lower middle class," he observed.

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"There's not an American ... that doesn't understand what we are engaged in today and what the prospects are for the future," Senator Chuck Hagel told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on post-occupation Iraq.

"Why shouldn't we ask all of our citizens to bear some responsibility and pay some price?" Hagel said, arguing that restoring compulsory military service would force "our citizens to understand the intensity and depth of challenges we face."

"The Nebraska Republican added that a draft, which was ended in the early 1970s, would spread the burden of military service in Iraq more equitably among various social strata.

"Those who are serving today and dying today are the middle class and lower middle class," he observed.

this whole argument is completely corrupt - the logic seems to be 'lets save the poor and middle class from classist ignominy by drafting them all, and a couple of others'

and the "Why shouldn't we ask all of our citizens to bear some responsibility and pay some price?" is completely facetious - why not repeal the tax cut and increase salary for the kids/recruits? that would get closer to sharing the burden.

and if u wanna 'spread the burden of military service in Iraq more equitably among various social strata.' then institute a fukking lottery system. or just recruit whitefolk to make up for generations of unfair practices - but the 'recruit everyone' campaign simply must be stopped if we want life to continue as we pretend to know it.

im also struck by the idea that ive been talking about all of these things for at least a year, yet it has really hit the news big time this week (since i newly mentioned it a coupla weeks ago)- and now we've seen the media go absolutely ballistic on the idea - from kucinich to fuckking hannity. it was only a week ago that g sed something like 'this is a big issue, theres no way the ams will stand for it' - and now we see the idea splattered across the media wall! and by the usual cadmin outlets!

what a fucking day. it seems as though some of my craziest concerns are being acted out in real time - it seems either im a psycho or im right. i hope im psycho.

imagine if these evil people used the sentiment of bush's texas guard lack-of-record as a justification to shove thru a full no-exception draft. wot a machiavellian masterpiece.

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