Leaving on a Jet Plane
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A perfect storm of recent historical events would make a draft more
divisive and disastrous than ever before in the nation's history
By Anna Quindlen
Newsweek
Sept. 6 issue - Most politicians think it's so radioactive, they won't
go near it, and government officials keep insisting it's not going to
happen any time soon. But the military draft is a subject that just
won't go away, particularly for young Americans and the adults who
love them.
A round-robin letter has been circulating furiously among mothers on
the Internet, expressing concern that two bills parked in committee
may prefigure the resurrection of conscription, this time without the
old protections of gender or student status. "Please send this on to
all the parents and teachers you know," the message reads, "and all
the aunts and uncles, grandparents, godparents." A newly released poll
by the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation found 58 percent of the
respondents concerned that the draft could be revived in the near
future, and 55 percent of the high-school students surveyed by the
Horatio Alger Association said they believe there will be a draft in
their lifetime.
Anna Quindlen
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