Obfuscated Thoughtlessness Inversed

This article about how Democrats want the draft reinstated needs substantial follow-up and research. Democratic policy inconsistency should be clearly examined and critiqued and what better time than now, two years out from a Presidential election, with a new house and senate majority. No one should fall into the trap of expecting Democrats to be intrinsically against the War machine. We need to know now where Democrats stand and where the Democratic presidential hopefuls stand on the draft and the continuation of war.

The following quote "Smart Border Declaration of 2001 provides for U.S.-Canadian cooperation to return American citizens stateside" from this article had me wondering if this was true. This sourced document from FactCheck.org says this claim is a hoax. Although, it does go on to state that 14 Democrats co-sponsored Democratic Representative Rangel's pro-draft legislative bill referred to in the story in the first paragraph.

A clear unequivocal statement from the Democratic leadership opposing the war both in Afghanistan and Iraq and distancing itself from a draft would be very welcome. One way to do this would be to introduce legislation into the senate repealing the Military Selective Services Act the draft empowerment legislation. Watching to see the stances of democratic presidential senatorial potentials Obama, Clinton and Edwards will be very interesting indeed.

Labels: alternatives, anti-war, democracy, opinion, unfolding