The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, a Washington, D.C.-based
non-profit, non-partisan think-tank focusing on national security interests
of the United States, has weighed in against “the urban legend of a ‘secret
plan’ to reinstitute the draft.” On Oct. 19, JINSA stated: “There are those
who oppose America’s presence in Iraq, and hope that by raising the specter
of sending everyone’s child off to war, they will force the government to
withdraw our troops. Or at least, by raising the specter, they will frighten
people into voting for the candidate most likely to withdraw those troops.”
The organization charged that “It is a cynical creation and exploitation of
unfounded fears.” JINSA noted that, instead of using draftees, “offering the
right incentives to the right people has given us probably the finest armed
force ever assembled and made the US the single country with worldwide power
projection capabilities.”
