Mothers Against the Draft

The Antiwar Majority Versus the pro-war elites

A recent military appropriations bill authorized spending for the construction of permanent bases in Iraq, and the Democratic leadership voted for it. Indeed, if anything, the Democrats want to spend more money on "nation-building" than the Republicans, and are ready and willing to hike taxes in order to do it.

Domestic Militarization: A Disaster in the Making The Katrina tragedy ought to be an occasion for rethinking a number of federal policies, including our promiscuous use of the Guard abroad. Instead, Washington seems poised to embrace further centralization and militarization at home. That has the makings of a policy disaster that would dwarf Hurricane Katrina.	Patriotism Misguided, Christianity Defiled I read the letters every day, from friends who mean well, friends who pray, that God and Country are the rule "Support Our Troops", "Leave Prayer in School"...
The Price of Liberty and the Cost of War America must seriously rethink its foreign policy. The same wisdom infusing our Founders’ recognition of war as the engine of expansive state power guided their establishment of a noninterventionist foreign policy. George Washington, in his Farewell Address, admonished Americans to avoid foreign entanglements. Thomas Jefferson counseled “peaceful commerce with all nations, entangling alliances with none.”	Why So Few First Responders in New Orleans? They're in Iraq! "As the war's unpopularity soars," they predict, "there will be millions asking, Why is the National Guard in Iraq, instead of helping the afflicted along the Gulf in the first crucial hours, before New Orleans, Biloxi, and Mobile turn into toxic toilet bowls with thousands marooned on the tops of houses."
Supporting the Troops While every American unequivocally supports our servicemen and women, by far the most meaningful form of support is to insure that their lives are never put at risk except - and only - when the nation faces a realistic, serious and imminent threat.	The Draft: Unthinkable? Think Again There is a process in American politics by which the unthinkable becomes the inevitable. Proposals are floated. Warnings are issued. Intentions are officially denied. But the proposals don’t go away. Soon enough, they become fixtures of national debate. And soon enough, the official denials don’t seem quite so strenuous. Gradually, the burden of proof shifts from those who want to do something to those who oppose it. Then that something happens ... and we wonder how it ever came to this.
Constitution? Ha! Iraq has always been ruled by a strong central authority, whether the rulers were the Turks, the British or the Baathists. The reason is that the differences are too wide and too deep to be bridged by political compromise. In Iraq, the Kurds want autonomy, and the Sunnis want a strong central government. You can't have both. The Shiite faction wants government based on Islamic law; the Sunnis and the Kurds want a secular state. Again, you can't have both. The Sunnis, who have ruled Iraq in modern times, don't want to be under the thumb of the Shiites and the Kurds. The Shiites and the Kurds, who were the underdogs, now intend to be the top dogs.	Pat Robertson Describes U.S. Foreign Policy Pat Robertson has done the nation a service by bringing to the surface a reality of U.S. foreign policy that all too many Americans have preferred not to confront, a policy that has long relied on foreign bribes, interference with foreign democratic processes, coups and assassinations, and military invasions to extend the power and influence of the U.S. government overseas.
The Answer to Cindy Sheehan’s Question Her son died for – regime change – hard-ball politics at the international level – the ouster and replacement of a foreign politician, Saddam Hussein, who fell out of grace with U.S. officials. With all due respect, regime change, while important to U.S. politicians and bureaucrats, is nothing worth dying for and, for that matter, it’s nothing worth killing for.	The Most Important Argument against the Draft Many Americans fall back on utilitarian arguments against the draft, saying it’s unnecessary or ineffective in defending America or engaging in foreign interventions. These arguments might very well be sound, and have their place. But the most important, fundamental argument against the draft is moral.