Reply #3: Rumsfeld has effectively drafted the Reserves. [View All]

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The guy is strongly against a draft but the shoddy treatment of the Reserves is going to kill recruitment.

They can go on about the fine print and that people knew what they were signing on to, but the Reservists know better. They're beginning to realize that there wasn't this big misjudgement about what was needed, and that Rummy's Office of Special Planning were fully aware, from the start, that they would hold the Reservists in Iraq far longer then they first indicated.

Do whatever it takes to get into Iraq while retaining unilateral control, then worry about politics/diplomacy later. That's what happens when the Sec of Defense is allowed to assume a half dozen other Cabinet positions, namely the State Department.