On edit: I think we have a DUer on the Free Republic trying to divide them

[Tweed]

I salute them.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1270948/posts


"Bringing back the draft is not like bringing back slavery: It's out duty to serve our country

Now that President Bush has a mandate from the citizens of this country, it's time to stop whispering about the draft. Let's be honest: we all know the country needs a draft and we all understood that neither President Bush nor Senator Kerry was going to say it during the campaign. We desperately need more troops -- highly skilled, semi-skilled, low-skilled, unskilled -- we need them all. Soon. And the only fair, honorable, and noble thing is for all of us to share the sacrifice. Consider this:

"Every military expert agrees that the Army is already badly overstretched (the Air Force and Navy are fine). The National Guard and Reserves are in trouble. Guard recruitment is down 12 percent, and Reservists as old as their late 40s are being mobilized. Some heavy-duty arm-twisting is underway. According to the Rocky Mountain News, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colo., for instance, have been told that if they don't re-up to 2007 they will be shipped out pronto for Iraq. " (From Jonathan Alter, Newsweek, October 4, 2004)"

""In a rare public acknowledgement that the forces are thinly stretched, Gen. Richard Cody, the Army's vice chief of staff, said the U.S. military currently is not able to 'surge' -- meaning to send an overwhelming force to fight a major war. 'We are rapidly trying to rebuild the surge capacity,' he said. 'We are concerned about it.' " (From Tom Squitieri and Dave Moniz, USA TODAY, July 8, 2004)"

Hmmmmm I wonder if this person is of legal age to be drafted......