FreeDuck wrote:I will agree that those introducing legislation to bring back the draft are Democrats. But they have very little support, even from within their own party. To extrapolate their actions to Kerry's intent is dubious.
Two little quibbles:
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-In the debates, Kerry said he will respond with military force wherever there is injustice in the world.
I don't recall this. I think he said he will respond with force to terrorism.
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-He said he will enter into unilateral negotiations with North Korea, without the involvement of the Chinese or any other country.
Not exactly. He did say he would enter into bilateral negotiations with North Korea. The part you added is speculation.
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-Last, and most important: Bush has said in the debates he will keep the military an all-volunteer service. Kerry, in the same debates, did not say he would do the same.
The question wasn't put to Kerry that I know of. Though I confess I did not search the transcript.
Not saying it isn't possible that he would bring it back, just saying that the case hasn't been made that he's more likely to do it than Bush. I find it hard to believe that Kerry would do something like that, given his feelings about Vietnam. (yes, i said the V word)
Here is the info re North Korea. As you said (my mistake), Kerry will open bilateral talks with North Korea. However, he will do so at the expense of current multinational negotiations.
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Quote:KERRY: I'm going to do it in four years, and I'm going to immediately set out to have bilateral talks with North Korea.
LEHRER: Your response to that?
BUSH: Again, I can't tell you how big a mistake I think that is, to have bilateral talks with North Korea. It's precisely what Kim Jong Il wants. It will cause the six-party talks to evaporate. It will mean that China no longer is involved in convincing, along with us, for Kim Jong Il to get rid of his weapons. It's a big mistake to do that.
We must have China's leverage on Kim Jong Il, besides ourselves.
And if you enter bilateral talks, they'll be happy to walk away from the table. I don't think that'll work.
But what causes me to believe Kerry will reinstate the Draft?
Here, again from the transcript:
Quote:KERRY That's why, in my plan, I add two active duty divisions to the United States Army, not for Iraq, but for our general demands across the globe. I also intend to double the number of special forces so that we can do the job we need to do with respect fighting the terrorists around the world. And if we do that, then we have the ability to be able to respond more rapidly.
But I'll tell you this, as president, if it took American forces to some degree to coalesce the African Union, I'd be prepared to do it because we could never allow another Rwanda.
It's the moral responsibility for us and the world.
This should send chills up any liberal, anti-war Democratic partisan's spine. Yet, they remain silent, simply because they want a liberal as their president.
You are correct, Duck, that the question of a draft may not have been posed to Kerry. But he certainly hasn't gone out of his way to provide the same committment as Bush has on the question....
