To take over GAZA we would need a DRAFT!

[usaf-vet]

https://www.democraticunderground.com/13241777

[MrWowWow]

1. Am all for a Draft but....

Not for taking over GAZA.

[usaf-vet]

5. I am, too. Afghanistan and Iraq would have been a no-go if we had a draft.

Every mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, and uncle would have been in the streets protesting. NOT WITH OUR LOVED ONES.

I was still in uniform when the protest started in 1963.

[EX500rider]

2. I really doubt we would

It's only about 20 miles long by a avg of 5 miles wide.

It covers 139 square miles, slightly more than twice the size of Washington D.C. and a little larger than the island of Malta.

[Wifes husband]

4. Don't kid yourself

This would be a major operation

[EX500rider]

6. Bigger then Iraq + Afghanistan w/a combined pop. of 45 million at the same time I doubt

With a combined sq. milage of 420,800 Vs 139 sq miles for Gaza, major operation is not the same thing as will require a draft.

The IDF has used 40,000 or less in Gaza, so about 8 Brigades, the US has 31 active Army brigades & 27 National Guard, not includ Marines or Reserves.

[maxsolomon]

3. Might need a draft anyway as the military is in a recruiting crisis.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/05/g-s1-46567/how-a-military-recruitment-crisis-is-leaving-the-u-s-vulnerable