Representative Charles Rangel of New York

In attempting to scare American at the thought of going to war with Iraq, Representative Charles Rangel of New York proposed a bill to mend the force swig. His purpose was not to argue the drawing off itself, but to make Americans aware of the perils of going to war and the inequity in the menstruation military machine. Ironically, four years later, the war is a reality, and so is the draft copy. Reinstating the military draft exit serving the USs failing military both abroad and at home.First of all, the draft in the 21st coke would need to be fair. Many people fear the draft because it is good k instantern that the lower socioeconomic levels and minorities are disproportionately represented in the fighting military today. As a matter of fact, much than 30 percent of the nations military is made up of minorities (Rangel Introduces a Bill to Reinstate drawing, 2003). The modern draft would make everyone between the ages of 20 to 26 (or perhaps as young as 18 and as old as 28) register and serve.Thus, the draft is perceived as more than fair. One reason more young people dont serve now is the fear that while theyre wearing the uniform, their peers go out be out having entertainment and getting a leg up in their careers. If everyone were required to serve, no one would feel like a sucker (Moskos and Glastris, 2001). However, the idea of move every college aged kid overseas to carry a hoagy is an outdated vision of the draft. Nowadays, the military needs more than just schoolmaster soldiers. Plenty of duties are available for those draftees (and volunteers) that are made available with the draft. As Moskos and Glastris (2001) note, we are now dealing with a shadowy enemy or else than an obvious platoon of marching serviceman. The new enemy is everywhere terrorism. That terrorists might acerbate municipal water supplies, spray anthrax from crop dusters, or suicidally give themselves with small pox and stroll through busy city streets, is no longer considered farfetched.That we might need to draft some of our people to return these threatsnow thats considered farfetched, to the extent that its considered at all (Moskos and Glastris, 2001). Fighting this war leave take more manpower than the United States currently has. This manpower will not necessarily be in trenches or tanks. They will be doing duties that legion(predicate) Americans do not realizes are needed.These jobs include federal gird personnel to guard dams, nuclear power plants, sports complexes, and U. S. embassies abroad more knock against patrol and usage agents to keep terrorists and their weapons from entering the country more INS agents queer down immigrants who have overstayed their visas more coast guard personnel to gaze ships more air marshals to ride on passenger jets and more FBI agents to uncover terrorist cells still operating within and outside our bordersborder guards, customs agents, anthrax inoculators, or disaster-relief specialists (Moskos and Glastris, 2001).None of these jobs require tactical war skills. In addition, some(prenominal) individuals do not understand the in a perfect situation, troops would not serve for such long terms. Now, with the shortage of soldiers in Iraq, many troops are being redeployed two and three times. A draft would solve this problem. In Bosnia or Kosovo, the average time of deployment was only half a dozen months (Moskos and Glastris, 2001).The short duration for draftees would be less daunting than the burden the current military is bearing. The idea of the draft of previous decades is not the same draft as the one of this era simply because the war landscape is different. evenhandedly distributing the burden and reducing terms is one difference that many will notice. In addition, these individuals will serve at duties not necessarily on the front lines, but in positions of homeland security due to the new type of war on terror.With the guarantee that all will serve in a wa y that is appropriate for them, people have a better chance of becoming that a draft is necessary to appease the freedoms that all Americans enjoy. References Moskos, C. & Glastris, P. (2001). Now Do You Believe We Need A Draft? Washington Monthly 4 June 2007 from http//www. washingtonmonthly. com/features/ 2001/0111. moskos. glastris. html Rangel Introduces a bill to reinstate draft. (2003). CNN. Com Inside Politics. Retrieved 4 June 2007 from http//www. cnn. com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/07/rangel. draft/