Despite the Italian Heavy Draft's early popularity as a strong but fast draft horse, increasing mechanization in the farming and military sectors reduced the need for all draft horses, and population numbers declined.
"Kids who were in the heartland, who had never seen the ocean who, when 9/11 happened, said, 'I'm gonna make a difference.' No need for a draft or recruitment or retention".
"Kids who were in the heartland, who had never seen the ocean — who, when 9/11 happened, said, 'I'm gonna make a difference.' No need for a draft or recruitment or retention".
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 - Rumors of a secret plan to reinstate the draft are churning across the Internet, worrying some in Congress and even coloring the presidential campaign, but senior Pentagon personnel officials and Army officers insist that there is no need for a draft -- and that they do not want one, either.
Seeking to blunt public speculation, the Web site of the Selective Service System carries a long notice saying in part that "both the president and secretary of defense have stated on more than one occasion that there is no need for a draft for the war on terrorism or any likely contingency, such as Iraq".
Rangel sees a need for the draft so that kids like mine aren't off-limits.
I see the need for a draft to ensure that a trigger-happy president and Congress don't overextend us in a dangerous world to fulfill commitments that should never have been made.
After the American Civil War in the 1860s greatly reduced the number of horses, there was a significant need for large draft horses, especially in growing cities and in the expanding West.
Many of the early designs failed to recognize the need for air drafts.
