Washington Post Features TV Ads Pressuring McConnell On Military Draft
The Hound Dog August 18th, 2007
The new TV ads launched in Kentucky this week pressuring Mitch McConnell to disavow himself from the comments of George W. Bush’s new war czar, Douglas Lute, are now getting national attention:
Americans Against Escalation in Iraq (AAEI) will run the ads in the districts of Reps. Thelma Drake (Va.), Phil English (Pa.) and Fred Upton (Mich.), as well as Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.), the Senate Minority Leader.
The ads then reference comments by Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, and Lt. Gen. Doug Lute, assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser for Iraq and Afghanistan. Lute told NPR this week he thinks a new military draft should be one of many options on the table to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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As an alternative to the draft, I say, let’s Ditch Mitch and bring the troops home.
I wouldn’t be opposed to a draft if it put some of those College Republicans in the war. Right now there’s already a draft in the sense rural kids can’t find any work accept joining the Army. I don’t think the right will go with any sort of fair draft though and that’s the problem with it. They’d figure out some way for all the young wannabe Dick Cheneys to avoid serving. As far as service, I’ve always though there should be some sort of National Service requirement. If the Bush twins were eligible to be drafted, we probably wouldn’t have a war going on.