(Evidence/Example).
B. According to the CNN article titled Rangel introduces Bill to reinstate Draft, boys selected for the draft are not immediately sent to war. (Evidence/Logos).
1. Boys are sent to basic training and then to war.
C. Sanborn states that selected boys are allowed to complete high school before sent off to basic training. Selected college students are not able to complete college because they are sent to basic training immediately. (Evidence/Logos).
1. Boys from ages 18-20 are selected first.
2. Boys ages 21-26 are selected next.
3. Men 26 and older are selected last. .
As you can see, as a country, we need to make sure that our boys fighting for our freedoms are mature enough to handle the responsibilities and obligations. How do you feel about having young men barley out of high school fighting for our nation's freedom? I think it's obvious that eighteen year-old boys may not be the most suited for war. (Transition).
II. There would be many benefits if the age requirement for the draft were increased to 21. (Assertion 2).
A. According to my grandpa Jon Doyle, who was drafted into the Vietnam War at age 19, it is very difficult mentally for a young boy to be forced into the military. (Evidence/Logos).
B. My grandpa was forced to leave his newlywed wife and participate in a war that he didn't support. He said that this experience was one of the most traumatic a person can go though, and you have to be ready to see gruesome things.
1. You may see dead corpuses, mutilated bodies, and suffering colleagues. .
2. The worst thing is killing a man in order to survive yourself. .
C. According to the book Military Conscription by Joshua A Sanborn, statistics show that 85% of men are far more physically and mentally mature at age 21 then they are at 18. (Evidence/Statistic).
1. My grandpa agrees that 21 year old soldiers are better equipped (than 18 year old soldiers) to handle the hardships and tensions of war. (Need).
