Charlie Rangel's draft proposal is still ridiculous; new poll numbers on Iraq

You may remember last month I wrote on Charlie Rangel's attempt to bring back mandatory military service to the United States for citizens aged 18-42, and then how virtually no one agrees with him. Well I ran across this piece of good news today, further proving that a draft in the U.S. is unnecessary, and ridiculous:

"Though Americans are increasingly pessimistic about the war in Iraq, the Pentagon said Tuesday it is having success enlisting new troops. The Navy and Air Force met their recruiting goals last month while the Army and Marine Corps exceeded theirs, the Defense Department announced."

According to the Associated Press article, the Army, bearing the brunt of the work in Iraq, did the best, signing up 6,485 recruits in November (it had a target of 6,150). The Pentagon released figures showing that in November, the Navy signed up 2,887 recruits (100% of it's goal), the Marines 2,095 (104% of it's goal), and the Air Force signed up all 1,877 of it's target.

The article also contained some new AP-Ipsos poll numbers:

63 percent of Americans said they don't expect a stable, democratic government to be established in Iraq, up from 54 percent back in June.

Dissatisfaction with President Bush's handling of Iraq has climbed to an all-time high of 71 percent.

Shocked? I'm not. In fact, I'm actually surprised the numbers aren't a tick higher.