Strickland (OH) : Status Quo Means Military Draft

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Strickland: Status quo means military draft

Portsmouth
By RICK GREENE, PDT Managing Editor
Republicans say claim is ‘wild idea’

If the United States continues on its path of foreign policy, a military draft will be inevitable, according to Ohio Congressman Ted Strickland.
Strickland, a Lisbon Democrat who has been working in Appalachian Ohio for the Kerry-Edwards campaign, said the stress Iraq is putting on the military will leave the U.S. no option but to institute a draft.

“We are involved in a war that I am convinced will require us to impose a military draft if we continue our current policies,” Strickland said after a John Edwards rally in Portsmouth on Thursday. “Every parent of a child in this country should understand that we are pursuing a policy in Iraq with no plan

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Kevin Madden, spokesman for the Bush-Cheney campaign, says the administration has no intentions of imposing a draft.
“The president believes the U.S. can and will prevail in Iraq. It’s transformation from a brutal dictatorship to a democracy is vital to our nation’s short-term and long-term security interests,” Madden said. “Those who conjure up wild ideas about a military draft are peddling false and pessimistic viewpoints that are not shared by the majority of the American public.”

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1. I doubt seriously that there will be a draft

Bush does not have the moral authority to sign the law if elected and Kerry actually learned the lessons of Vietnam.

This nation will take defeat in Iraq before we take conscription.