US Re-instating the Draft??

[icarus]

Government reinstating the *Draft?* Does somebody know if this is true or not?

I know from wildernessguru (military analyst) that we need at least 150,000 troops to hold Iraq really, but what he believes this is about the dream to fulfill the cold war fantasy - the ability to fight on two fronts simultaneously. It's crazy, but the military still wants it. He says the goal is to get more combat forces instead of reservists.

- In North Korea we pulled our troops from dangerous positions so that they couldn't take out 40,000 of our troops with artillery.

- Also, a quiet deployment was sent to Guam. About 12-18 B-52s were sent there to be closer to North Korea.

Both of these actions are preludes to war. The correct term is "It puts you on a war footing." It's the equivalent of moving the 7th fleet a hundred miles off the shore of North Korea.

Comments

[wenelda.livejournal.com]

Are women drafted too, or not?

[clymer.livejournal.com]

Not right now, no. As I am given to understand, it is being talked about seriously as a possible option (read: they are honestly considering it, and it's not a pie-in-the-sky proposal), but there's nothing definite either way right now. All I can say with reasonable confidence is that they've been talking about it, and haven't dismissed the possibility of adding women to the draft.

My guess is that drafting women wouldn't go over well with the Bush administration's conservative voter base, so I'm thinking that this possible option is being pursued less strongly than reinstituting a male draft - but that's just my opinion.

[wenelda.livejournal.com]

Phew...
My stress levels are having just so much fun today. *Sigh*

My guess is that drafting women wouldn't go over well with the Bush administration's conservative voter base

Well, they are good for something, then. *Cough*