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Old 10-23-2008, 09:49 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Sure, the draft requires an act of Congress. Let me ask you this: if Obama wanted a draft, would Congress stand up to him or go along with him?
They'd say no. Congresspeople have to face their constituents every two years in elections. Absent a dire national emergency or world war, there'd be no draft in this country. Americans don't support the idea of national service (last poll I saw, in 2006, put that lack of support at 72%).

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