Kulongoski: it's time to talk about the draft
Governor Ted Kulongoski broke ground Tuesday on a project to build a new state war memorial to Oregon soldiers and said afterward that the nation needs a debate on whether to restore the military draft.
A total of 44 soldiers from Oregon or with strong ties to the state have died in the military operations in the two countries.
Twelve of fallen soldiers were in the Oregon National Guard.
Kulongoski, a US Marine veteran himself, said in the interview he feels that regular forces in the guard are being stretched thin as an enlistment rates decline.
"They're rotating National Guard kids in and out of the country's 2, 3, 4 times," he said. "We need a debate about the draft. That's the issue."
I agree that it is very sad that Oregon forces are being rotated in and out of country so many times, and thank you to our forces for being there for us.
Somehow, I just do not feel that it is appropriate for king Ted tax-and-gouge-me to talk about reintroducing the draft at a war memorial for our fallen soldiers.
That's my opinion, and I could be wrong.
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