" Imagine asking FDR in 1942 how much its going to cost, and how long are we going to be over there..."
You raise a good point. That is why the military [draftees included] had to serve for 'the duration' plus 6 months. The metric was unconditional surrender.
54 posted on 06/14/2005 2:17:16 PM PDT by ex-snook
(Exporting jobs and the money to buy America is lose-lose.)