Draft

Lawrence O'Donnell was just on Countdown and he was amazing.

They were talking about the draft and he said that the burden of this war is not fairly shared. Charlie Wrangle's bill would only allow deferments for health or conscience.

He said that "the powdered pundits who show up on the chat shows - not one of us have served. We are combat cowards. Not one of us have seen combat; every one of us has avoided service. So when those who say that we can't win but we can't leave why aren't you in Iraq and if you're too old why weren't you in Vietnam? Why is this something we can delegate when we know we're going to lose?"

He also quoted a family member in the army who said that the military is at war but America isn't. No, we're supposed to shop.

I am all for a draft in the form of national service. Other countries, Germany, Israel have this where you have to serve in some form for two years.

Let's at least have the debate. Almost 3000 of us have died in Iraq. Let's honor them with an honest discussion about serving our country.