As War Threatens To Go Global, Is It Time To Bring Back the Draft?
Charlie Rangel might see the draft as a brake on the rush to war. Fair enough. It could, though, spell the difference between winning and defeat if war does break out.

With the world now what one former Royal Navy chief calls but six steps from a global conflict, forgive us if we raise one of our favorite topics — the draft. It happens that Congressman Charlie Rangel and we are the only New Yorkers we know in favor of the restoration of a draft. It’s hard, for us at least, to see what’s so all-fired illogical about it. Our volunteer army has trouble recruiting the soldiers it needs, while America’s young adults languish.
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