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To: unclewest who wrote (115848)	5/24/2005 10:16:39 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

If you throw a draft into the mix in the middle of this war, you will then have vietnam type demonstations almost immediately. Anyone who thinks there is real anti-war movement today was not around in the 60s. The draft (service in an unpopular war) was at the core of the anti-war movement then and will become so again. Bush will never do it so we will have an army that becomes too small not so much to fight in iraq but to defend american interests elsewhere and the bad guys in NK and IRan know this too. A fine mess we are in and i think we can agree on that much. Mike

To: unclewest who wrote (115848)	5/24/2005 11:24:11 AM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793838

Hello Uncle, it's been a while, how are you doing? I read your post and agree with your assessment that money won't bring in the number of recruits they need to maintain the present force, much less expand it. In addition the Guard is broken. Those who previously thought they were signing up to be weekend warriors held in reserve for short term emergencies know better and they won't be back. It all adds up to a looming crisis but we're not hearing that from the current crop of military bureaucrats who're afraid to spit without permission from the civilians. I'm curious to hear your opinion on what could be done. I can't think of any solution short of compulsory service. Maybe they could offer a new recruitment plan where they allowed the recruits some leeway in controlling whether, or how many times, they had to serve in a combat zone. I'm sure that the prospect of going back every 2nd year, or more, to get your ass handed to you by a hostile population of people with different values, religion and culture is not that attractive to those who are currently considering enlistment. Ed PS. Here's a cite to a post I wrote about Colonel Hackworth. Message 21310510 You won't like the politics of it but you might agree with the main thesis. You must have met up with him sometime, I never did. What did you think of him?