Get out legally, or serve.

Running away is a coward's solution.

If you believe the US invasion of Iraq is such a catastrophic security issue, you must be in uniform yourself right now.

Otherwise you would have to be a coward.

So instead of lurking here, why don't you spend your free time working with everyone you know who agrees with your stance to get them into uniforms, too.

Because unless you and everyone who agrees with you are in uniform right now, you're all cowards.

And if you're too old, make sure your family and friends of military age are in the service. All of 'em. Don't let someone else's kids go for you.

Or has the American Way become to sit on the couch typing in all caps shouting for someone else to protect our sissified selves from "total annihilation?"

Walk the walk, people.

And if you and everyone you know who agrees with you is in uniform, I appologize.

But, ugh, these Chickenhawks...

While it makes some practical sense, the idea that those who volunteer for three years of duty must actually be on the hook for eight years in an era where those who did not serve have zero obligation is morally problematic.

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD--WE'RE AT WAR! Bush is a war president; the country is under the threat of total annihilation. We must see the big picture. These AWOL bums are hurting the security of our country. If they are not prosecuted, the terrorists will have a leg up on us. Send them to Guantanamo as an example!!!

I oppose a draft in other than the most exigent circumstances. Rangel doesn't actually support a draft, either, but is touting one as a means of drawing attention to a tangentially related political agenda.

While it makes some practical sense, the idea that those who volunteer for three years of duty must actually be on the hook for eight years in an era where those who did not serve have zero obligation is morally problematic.

Well, you know what the alternative is, and it's been Charley Rangel's wet dream for years now.