tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post61834778470333298..comments2023-07-30T01:08:43.318-07:00Comments on Politics Plus: US to Support KarzaiTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-37392644822492789392009-11-02T07:47:26.343-08:002009-11-02T07:47:26.343-08:00Mark, I adamantly opposed the draft during Vietnam...Mark, I adamantly opposed the draft during Vietnam, so I have an automatic knee jerk whenever the subject comes up. However, looking back, I doubt that we could have motivared the level of opposition to the war that we did had the draft mot made it personal. I'd like Rangel's version more if it moved the extended families of all sitting Congressmen and Senators to the top of the list.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-65368525198830346092009-11-02T06:21:35.137-08:002009-11-02T06:21:35.137-08:00Charlie Rangel (D-NY) has had a draft bill in comm...Charlie Rangel (D-NY) has had a draft bill in committee for at least five years. This bill excludes only the verifiable medically incapable and High School students up to age 21 or they graduate. In it there is no other condition for a deferment. This is the draft that should have been when Cheney was in art school.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.com