Letter re Volunteer Army

Letter published in the Daily News, January 18, 2007

According to Joel Chitiea, since we have a volunteer army, I should not complain that those making the decisions to conduct a pre-emptive war based on false pretenses have no family members involved. Much of the burden in this unnecessary war is being carried by members of our National Guard and their families. I doubt the Guard expected to fight in Iraq when they volunteered to help in disasters on their home soil, nor that they would be called for second and third tours of duty abroad. If we still had the draft, as we did in Viet Nam, this war would never have gone this long, because the American people wouldn't have stood for it. But for this war, people support the troops by putting a magnetic ribbon on their car and feel they have done their duty.

Doris Dent
Studio City, Ca. 91604