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  • Our View: False letter on Bush draft should not have appeared

    10/06/2004 7:55:45 AM PDT · by Colonel_Flagg · 29 replies · 2,981+ views
    Duluth News-Tribune ^ | 10/6/04 | editorial staff
    A letter that appeared in Tuesday's News Tribune suggested that the Bush administration was behind an attempt to reinstate the draft. As evidence, the writer cited by number two bills in the Senate and House and urged readers to write their representatives opposing them. In fact, there are no Republican-sponsored bills concerning the draft, and the two measures requiring conscription of all young adults, rich and poor, were sponsored by Democrats in early 2003 as a tactic against the then-impending war. Specifically, co-sponsor Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington wrote: "If we need to reinstate the draft in order to make...