I see jooooos, THEY ARE EVERY WHERE!
Posted on 08/13/2007 8:43:24 AM PDT by bnelson44
The Pentagon sharply rejected Monday a key general's assertion that a return to the military draft has always been "an option on the table" and should be considered. "I can tell you emphatically that there is absolutely no consideration being given to reinstituting the draft," said Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman. "The all-volunteer force has surpassed all expectations of its founders."
Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, a White House deputy national security adviser, discussed the draft in a radio interview Friday in which he said military leaders were right to be concerned about the impact of repeated deployments on military morale and readiness.
Lute, who is in charge of coordinating the US war effort in Iraq, said the all-volunteer military is serving "exceedingly well" and the administration has not decided it needs to be replaced with a draft.
But he said, "I think it makes sense to certainly consider it, and I can tell you, this has always been an option on the table."
"But ultimately, this is a policy matter between meeting the demands for the nation's security by one means or another," he said in the interview with National Public Radio.
Reinstating the draft has become a virtual taboo since it was ended in 1973 near the end of the Vietnam War, and replaced with a smaller, better paid all-volunteer force.
The US military found that it preferred voluntary service to universal conscription because it drew better educated, more highly motivated recruits looking to make a career of the military.
But which president decided to reinstate the requirement that all males had to REGISTER for the draft upon turning 18?
(Hint: He currently holds the titles of "Worst President Ever" and "Worst Ex-President Ever" and when he isn't sanctimoniously criticizing the US, or cozying up to leftist dictators, he sometimes does volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity.)
The Pentagon does want a draft. Why spend all that time and money training people who don’t want to be in the service?
We should bring back the draft. That is the only way a lot of the kids will get a decent education. When in boot camp, they totally tear the kids down mentally and rebuild them. When I was in boot camp, we had two minorities in our company. They were assholes from the word go. By the time we got out of boot camp, they were good guys. Totally changed their outlook on life.
Some soon-to-be-retired general just stepped on his whizzer...
What a knucklehead Lute is. Becomes the “War Czar” and then starts running off at the mouth, obviously not knowing a damned thing that he’s talking about.
God save this country from such morons.
Shame ... a supplemental draft to fill out the additional 8 active duty combat brigades for the Army and 4 more active combat brigades for the Marines would go a long way to improve the rotation schedule.
What a knucklehead Lute is. Becomes the “War Czar” and then starts running off at the mouth, obviously not knowing a damned thing that he’s talking about.
God save this country from such morons.
Thats WHO THIS GUY IS?
Good Lord.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
Apologies: a that - what typo
I see jooooos, THEY ARE EVERY WHERE!
No problemo./
“The Pentagon does want a draft.”
I think you left out a “NOT” there, Rex.
TC
bttt
"Worst Ex-President Ever"
You got it! Left it out! Oops!
S/B “The Pentagon does NOT want a draft.”
Whew!
I think it’s a bad idea to take the option off the table. A draft is one of those things we’d rather not do, but should be prepared to do in case it’s needed.
I think all these leftists need to have duct tape slapped on their big, fat mouths and put on a small island off in indonesian sea where no one gives a rip what they think anymore!
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