In his new book, American Grit: What it Will Take to Survive and Win in the 21st Century, overly zealous neo-con Tony Blankley warns us that “Americans need to toughen up–personally, culturally, and as a national fighting force–if we are to survive the unprecedented threat from Islamist assault.”   Fittingly one of the ways Blankley proposes we do this is through significantly beefing up our military forces; primarily by way of reinstating the draft.

The book’s inside flap informs us that, among other things, the book addresses, “how Obama’s plan for national service is a weak substitute for what America really needs–a full-on military draft”.

Blankley realizes “there is a limit to the number of people willing to volunteer to be a soldier – a dangerous career that is often severely disruptive of family life – and that pool has clearly been tapped out.”  He continues, “We will soon be faced with the choice of severely scaling back our role in the world or expanding the army through conscription.”

William Grigg, in his recent article The Draft-Nappers Are Stirring, points out that “one measure of the depth of Blankley’s totalitarian impulses can be found in the fact that he never considers the possibility that scaling back “our” role in the world (that is, the role assumed by the government ruling us) is the correct and moral thing to do.”

Grigg also notes how Blankley is not at all alone in his America-achieving-world-domination agenda.  Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has supported similar legislation; along with William L. Hauser and Jerome Slater in their article Bring Back the Draft.

Thankfully, some people (like Mr. Grigg) are not only able to see the threat of a draft for what it really is (an atrocious violation of liberty) but are acting as the sound voice of warning for those Americans who are yet in the dark as to the reality of its seriousness.