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Cush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 05:38 PM
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ABC News: Guard Call Up Is Likely
aka: More US troops to Iraq

And now Congress is wondering if the costs (87billion) is too high.
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Cush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 05:39 PM
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1. Now the Gallup Poll
and unlike the whores on Cable News, they are giving the entire poll
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 05:40 PM
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2. I've been waiting for the other boot to drop . . .
. . . and now it finally did.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 05:45 PM
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3. So when is the draft?
I do not mean draft Clark or Gore, just the
military draft?

Oh and boys and girls Bush has destroyed the Army, this is
a national security issue
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elfin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 05:54 PM
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4. Look for the announcement
late on a Friday afternoon or in the middle of a terror alert or hurricane.

On the following Sunday, they will blame the French for not helping, forcing us to ruin more young people's lives (and their families.)
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 05:58 PM
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5. How soon this happens
...depends entirely on whether or not some stink tank has managed to draft (pun intended) a proposal for renewing military conscription which will exempt the deserving spawn of the wealthy through deferments and/or outright exemptions.
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 08:42 PM
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6. kick
Reserves chief tells troops to enter full war mode:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-09-15-reserves-chief_x.htm

Families protest reservists deployment extension:
http://www.spacewar.com/2003/030923231734.lievts69.html

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