America's Upper Classes Have Gone AWOL

originaloog
Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:03:12 +0000

I have always felt that a declaration of war should also be accompanied by a resumption of the draft with no deferrments permitted. It would deepen the debate leading up to the declaration because almost all legislators would realize that their vote would not be made in a vacuum but that they may very well be personally impacted by the decision they make. The concept of self sacrifice would mean something and not be a hollow phrase glibly tossed about by pols.