text: should americans be prepared for the return of the draft? recently, i "overheard" that the u.s. pentagon was formating tactics to go to war with iran. with the decreasing number of civilians joining the american military and rising opposition between the u.s., iran, and iraq, is it likely that u.s. men and women need to "suit up" for war? first, the pentagon is *always* formulating combat strategies against other countries -even our allies.  some strategies just have more priority than others.  but besides that, bush is not going to reinstitute the draft.  first, it would be total political suicide if he did, second, the pentagon has explicitly said they *don't* want any drafted personnel, and third, we have a lot more personnel available for a sustained campaign against iran (should we go to war) than is reported.  the main problem would be maintaining a force in iran until the country's rebuilt -that's the main concern the pentagon has when it comes to troop levels.  of course, the army always wants more soldiers in a location, no matter how many are there already.  also, charlie rangel is a member of the house of representatives, not the senate.  though it is true that he introduced the draft bill & voted against it.  but that was just a political stunt.