Crossfire 4/21: The Draft ... with Charlie Rangel and Peter King

Crossfire at 4:30 pm ET
On April 21, 2004
And online at http://CNN.com/CROSSFIRE

From CNN's Crossfire staff:

TODAY’S NEWS HEADLINES:
* Car bombs in Basra kill 68
* Huge blast rocks Saudi captial
* Study: Chocolate, BBQ adiction may be real

TODAY’S POLITICAL HEADLINES:
* Wolfowitz faces more heat from Congress
* Kerry posts military records online
* Fellow vet blasts Kerry's anti-war comments

TODAY'S GUESTS:
Rep. Peter King - (R) New York
Rep. Charlie Rangle - (D) New York

In the Crossfire… is it time to bring back the draft? One prominent U.S. Senator suggests that it might be one option in light of continued violence in Iraq and the need to fulfill all of the other U.S. military commitments around the globe. While Secretary Rumsfeld says he's ready to send more troops if he's told they're needed, the Pentagon is already telling 20,000 soldiers in Iraq to get comfortable: their missions are being extended. But critics suggest the forces in Iraq are already spread too thin and some are in serious need of relief.

Is the voluntary service large enough for the missions at hand? Are U.S. troops spread too thin? Would sending more troops to Iraq sacrifice security elsewhere? Are the lower and middle classes bearing too much of the burden? Would mandatory service change the way Americans feel about the war in Iraq and where they are willing to send troops in the future? Could America stomach another draft?

Join Bob Novak and Paul Begala for Crossfire, 4:30 p.m. Eastern, 1:30 p.m. Pacific - live from the George Washington University. Teamed up with Judy Woodruff’s Inside Politics, we promise to give you the best 90 minutes of politics anywhere.

I despise Novak and I despise Peter King.

Paul Begala is okay, but he's not as strong as Carville.

He sucks!!! He does a terrible job and he lets Novak make him look like an idiot

...whatever

telling it the way it is...you want the war...prepare to send your children to fight!!