President Carter responded to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with a boycott of the Moscow Olympics, with a cut-off of grain sales, with restrictions on the export of high-technology equipment, and-finally-with the imposition of draft registration on American 18-year-olds.
Whether or not these sanctions made any sense on an individual basis, collectively they were meant to send a powerful signal of U.S. displeasure with the Soviet invasion.
A decade later, the Soviets have left Afghanistan. The Olympic Games are back on track, grain sales have been resumed, and barriers are finally being lowered on high-tech sales to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
Only draft registration remains in place. Is there any valid reason why that should not also be abolished?
