Are we all in this fight?

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: TILTING at windmills - Iraq War - Brief article

"Soldier's Death Strengthens Senators' Anti-war Resolve," by the Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman and Ann Scott Tyson, tells a touching story about how John Kerry and Chris Dodd were affected by the death of a soldier they had gotten to know on a visit to Iraq. It has "radicalized Dodd" and "energized Kerry" in their opposition to the war.

Is it not possible that more senators and congressmen would have opposed the war, and done so with greater vigor, if they too had known soldiers? That's why I support a draft that takes people from all classes and educational backgrounds...