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Considering Bush has done everything he can to ensure we will be in Iraq for years to come, it's almost impossible to imagine there will never be a draft. Four years into the war (that isn't a war (remember "mission accomplished?")), the military is pushed to its limits and soldiers have been forced to fight after their contract is up. What's the next logical step? Only the middle class and poor have reason to join the military, and soon, the collective willing will either be in Iraq, dead, permanently disabled, or no longer willing. The draft will be the only resource the military will have.

On the other hand, why is a draft needed when the no longer willing are constantly forced to return? If a soldier is lucky, he's low on the totem pole in the ranks, and there is a good chance he might escape the "backdoor draft." Conversely, the strings attached to an officer can stretch as long as twenty years after the ink has worn off the dotted line. While that is almost an incentive not to become an officer, it is most definitely a draft! How would a civilian feel if they were forced to remain in a contract that had expired years or months earlier?

Perhaps one day, someone (a new president) will find a way to end this war for profit and this question will no longer be viable. Until that day comes, a draft may eventually be the only option.

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