Barry-

Actually I think you have it backwards. "They won't fight for oil". Exactly. But some say that's what the US is doing in Iraq now--with a volunteer army. If the draft were in effect do you think prospective draftees would think it's fine to fight for oil? Not likely. You'd see a similar situation to the Vietnam era. Very few protests in the streets this time--and you know why---no draft.   Blank check given to Bush--on specious grounds--for a war virtually nobody had thought through. Do you think that would happen with a draft--even one as pathetically weak as the Vietnam draft? And the new draft would be dramatically tightened up--very few loopholes. Let's catch the children of the elites this time--and see how enthusiastic said elites are for stupid foreign aggression.

World War II is held up as "the good war". And the country was willing to sacrifice--including on the home front--for it. What was the country at large asked to sacrifice for the Iraq war? Citizens were asked to---------shop.

Anybody who thinks the US would be more likely to engage in wars of choice with a draft obviously can't remember the Vietnam era--and is vastly underestimating the determination of the US public--when their own interests are at stake--to make damn sure a war desired by the Executive is justified.