Irvine511 said:
i think the only thing i have left to add is that it may well take 10 years to get Iraq up and running.
so let's state the obvious: time for a Draft.
this is, essentially, STING's position. we must battle Al Qaeda, we must keep Iraq stable, we had to remove Saddam Hussein.
thusly, in order to do all this, and not completely break the army, it's time for a Draft.
when the American people gave the cautious political approval for the invasion in 2002/3, and when they re-elected Bush in 2004, they knew very well that we might have to be in Iraq for a very long time. they sleep better at night knowing that, praise Jesus, Saddam is out of power and he can no longer harm American children as they sleep in their beds. there was no deception on the part of the administration, whatsoever.
a Draft is the logical next step.
so who's first?
no draft
that would be shades of Viet Nam
it would not be palatable
even to the President's supporters,
(both of them, Sting and McCain)
We can win this WAR on Terror, if we do not flinch.
We have
volunteers that can be stop-lossed, and called up by executive order, indefinitely.
Yes, it is true that even Graduates of West Point are not signing up at record refusal rates.
But, there is an answer, we need more money to protect America. More bonus money for sign ups.
And if that does not work, and 150,000 - 180,000 enlisted can not be provided.
There is always
private contractors.
If they will not enlist for crappy benefits and $150 a day.
Let's see them turn down $1000 dollars a day from KBG or Blackwater.
These private contractors have 100,000 to 150,000 on the books now.
They know how to get the warm bodies.
We give them wonderful contracts.
Cost
plus 20-25%.
I bet they could get 500,000 on the payroll.