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"I think we're going to have this discussion this spring."

They should be having this discussion right now. Did the Bush admin ever increase active duty and reserve military quota's from the reduced levels of the clintoon admin??

I suspect one of GW Bush's stupidest moves may turn out to be his proclamation of no military draft while he's president. Does anyone believe the US can actually defeat 1 billion blood-crazed, demonic, psychopathic muslims on the cheap with a repeatedly re-deployed force of 130,000 marine/army troopers? If out of a population of 260M we can muster a volunteer force of only 200,000, we need the military draft.

we need the military draft.

While there are many fine examples of young Americans today, would you put your life in the hands of some random 19 year old draftee? Would you trust them to cover you and/or risk their lives for you on some street or in some building in one of the terrorist strongholds in Iraq, knowing that they maybe against the war, or more concerned about themselves than their unit?

I went into the military just as the draft was being done away with, and most I knew back then were glad. It's not to say that all draftees are bad - they certainly aren't, as the many wars that we've had have proven.