Bush says there will be no draft. David Hackworth disagrees

[Tom_Foolery]

10-04-2004

Hack's Target

Uncle Sam Will Soon Want Your Kids


By David H. Hackworth


Recently, when John Kerry brought up the possibility of a return to the draft, SecDef Donald Rumsfeld was quick to respond that Kerry was full of it.

But my take is that Kerry is right on the mark. Not only because Rummy has been flat wrong on every major military call regarding Iraq, but because this is a war that won’t be won by smart weapons or the sledgehammer firepower we see every night on the tube.

Right now – with both our regular and Reserve soldiers stretched beyond the breaking point – our all-volunteer force is tapping out. If our overseas troop commitments continue at the present rate or climb higher, there won’t be enough Army and Marine grunts to do the job. And thin, overworked units, from Special Forces teams to infantry battalions, lose fights.

Clearly, this war against worldwide, hardcore Islamic believers will be a massive military marathon, the longest and most far-flung in our country’s history. By Christmas, more troops could be needed not only in Iraq and Afghanistan, but wherever the radical Islamic movement is growing stronger, from the Horn of Africa to Morocco, Kenya, Somalia, Yemen and across Europe – remember Spain?! – to Asia.


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[aquart]

1. Worldwide religious jihad? You really want to go there?

Because this means killing millions. Millions. And walking over their bodies and telling our children it had to be done.

Not impossible. Been done before. Really wanna go there?

[GreenArrow]

2. Bush # 1: "Read my lips, no new taxes."

Bush # 2: "No draft."

It's safe to expect the opposite of what they say.

[Fla Dem]

3. Yes so true...but also setting the stage so if Kerry wins, and a draft

is needed, the Reugs can all say....if you had voted for Bush there would not have been a draft.

[jdj]

4. strange.

I don't think this jihad will happen, but I think the right would support it. The UN would never back such a thing and Kerry will work to bring the US back into the world court.

edit:

OH, they won't just go where there are muslims. The game plan will be a) oil or other valuable natural resource,and as a scapegoat b) muslims that he can accuse of being "terraists".