Reinstate the draft for males and females

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39. Yes - I remember too

I thought the draft was a fact of life and had always been. Because of the draft I got involved in the anti-war movement because I already had 2 family members in Viet Nam and I did not want my brother to go. I marched with my boyfriend who had returned from Viet Nam and was part of Viet Nam Veterans Against the War - yes he was drafted.

It looks like our country has no problem getting into wars. It is just that they do not affect many of us anymore because they are fought with volunteers, non-citizens promised a fast track to citizenship and private contractors. More private contractors have been killed in Afghanistan than American military.

We barely have to pay attention to this country's wars anymore because few are invested. Profit motive now plays a big part. How many people in America thought much about Afghanistan before this past week - not many.