an exception to my own rule, and writing stuff
When I started this weblog I decided I would stay away from politics. There are a lot of blogs out there that do politics exclusively and much better than I could, and I figured that I should stick to the original idea: to write about writing.
I'm making a short exception today, to point to thisTalkLeft post, which provides the entire draft of a proposal
calling for a reinsatement of the draft--for men and women--ages 18-34, not just to those who might qualify for active military duty, but for those with skills the Government finds helpful in war--linguists, medical workers, etc. Just about everyone.There's more information on the Alliance for Security website. A lot more, all of it disturbing.
The media isn't paying much attention to this topic, but I hope the rest of us will. For the record: I am not in principle opposed to any military draft; I am opposed to a draft put in place to fight preemptive wars declared on false grounds.
On other fronts, I need to go write. Things are moving, and so must I.