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.

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[wikdsushi.livejournal.com]

So what WG thinks is that Bush, in a move of extreme stupidity, is sinking more money we don't have into building up a fighting force we don't need so he can piss off the rest of Asia by launching a war (that could get us all killed) on a nuclear-capable country. Not a large nuclear-capable country, but nuclear-capable nonetheless. Oh, yeah, and is run by a loon who would be even happier to press the button than Bush would be to taunt him into it.

Ya know, I think I'm just going to let my immune system kill me now. It'll be less painful in the end.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Actually, he thinks that the Pentagon, panicked that it might have its budget cut, latches onto every conceivable opportunity for war and --

-- yeah. What you said.

Icarus