Avoid this Draft!

I understand the role of the military, it is to fight and to win wars in defense of Americans and our way of life. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that some in Congress do not see the military's role in the same way.

While the generals plead for time to complete their mission, politicians talk of deadlines and pull outs. What do you do with a military if its mission is not to fight and win wars? Monday night's Democratic presidential debate combined with legislation being advanced by the new majority on Capitol Hill provides some insight.

In response to a YouTube question, (this one from an actual person not an animated snowman, one of the video novelties on display Monday night) All of the Democratic candidates who had a chance to answer the question saluted the idea of expanding any future draft to include young women. In Congress yet another bill was introduced to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, a compromise instituted by former President Clinton in 1993 when Congress rebuffed his effort to lift the ban on homosexuals serving in the military.

It appears that the new majority would prefer to draft the military into fighting the liberal's war on traditional values rather than allow our all-volunteer forces to defend those values as they have so bravely done through the years.