PNAC: Increase troops in Iraq! Bush agrees, spends $28 m extra on SSS [View All]

[Dems Will Win]

Even though the CBO report said we "cannot sustain American troop levels in Iraq for much longer without breaking the Army", the head of PNAC, Gary Schmitt, wants to use every last Marine, Coast Guard, Special Ops and Reserve soldier there is for Turkey-Shoot duty.

So PNAC doesn't have to state the obvious. That PNAC needs the military DRAFT re-instated to accomplish its goals of domination over the world's oil supply--to make the world safe for Halliburton and Ken Lay and the boys. Open talk of a 2005 DRAFT would be the end of the Bush Presidency.

So the Bushies are quietly spending $28 million to get the first draft lottery ready to draw on June 15, 2005. All the re-elected Prez has to do then is speak to a Joint Session on April 1, 2005: "You are either with the USA or you are with the terrorists. We will never cut and run. That's why I am asking the Congress to re-instate the draft--to hold onto Iraq. We must not fail in Iraq".

We only invaded Iraq because of PNAC's plan. We all know now WMDs had nothing to do with it. That's the only thing that makes sense of this. And if they don't succeed in Iraq, PNAC has suffered a grievous blow. Iraq will make or break PNAC.

REMEMBER THAT WHEN REPORTERS ASKED RUMSFELD WHAT ADMINISTRATION PLANS WERE FOR THE FUTURE, THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REFFERED THEM TO THE PNAC WEB SITE!! (Check it out sometime if you want to make your hair stand on end with no need for static electricity or perms http://www.newamericancentury.org)

From ABC NEWS on March 5, 2003:<i>

"Tonight ABC News correspondent Jackie Judd will explore this conspiracy theory, and the influence and role of the Project for the New American Century. The Project for the New American Century. Never heard of it? Well, don't feel bad. Few have. But have you heard of Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld or Paul Wolfowitz? Back in 1997, those three out-of-office politicians and several other like-minded, mostly conservatives, were frustrated with American foreign policy. So they formed this new organization... Today, a 76-page paper written by the organization reads like a blueprint for the policy being carried out largely by Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz. Is this a case of democracy in action? Influential thinkers who became policy makers? Or is it, as some international critics of the White House's policy on Iraq have argued, a secretive organization pulling the strings of the President, with an imperialistic goal of dominating the world?"</i>

If Bush can somehow get re-elected, I fear he will only listen to PNAC and re-instate the DRAFT on April 1, 2005, with the first Lottery on June 15, 2005. On September 5, from the head of PNAC himself, military instructions were given to all, which it looks like have RECENTLY BEEN AGREED TO BY BUSH:

http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraq-20030905.htm

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September 5, 2003

MEMORANDUM TO: OPINION LEADERS

FROM: GARY SCHMITT

SUBJECT: More Troops for Iraq


MORE TROOPS FOR IRAQ

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says that, on the security front in Iraq, "it seems to me that the trajectory we're on is a good one." But it is hard to find anyone else who agrees with that assessment. Certainly not the British - who now are thinking about increasing their force levels in Iraq. Certainly not the Shiites - who, for lack of security, are now discussing how to reconstitute their own militias. Certainly not even U.S. commanders - who, if you listen carefully to what they are saying, admit that there are not enough front-line troops to handle what needs to be done in Iraq.

Secretary Rumsfeld's response is that we need to turn things over to the Iraqis as soon as possible. Sounds fine in theory or even over the long run. Yet there is no way to train a large, effective and loyal Iraqi force in the time frame required. Despite this reality, the secretary resists any idea that more U.S. troops are needed.

In doing so, Secretary Rumsfeld puts the president's policy of building a decent and democratic Iraq at risk. At the moment, there are only three alternatives: one, we don't add troops and risk not being able both to provide security in Iraq and conduct the kind of counterinsurgency operations required to root out our adversaries; two, we add even more foreign troops only after giving over Iraq's management to the UN, thereby inviting the dysfunction of the UN into the process of rebuilding Iraq; or three, we augment the size of U.S. forces there, increasing even more the overall burden on the American military. Unattractive as this last alternative might be, it is the only dependable way to secure the president's vision for Iraq.

Nor is it impossible. The recent Congressional Budget Office study, which was widely reported as suggesting that we cannot sustain American troop levels in Iraq for much longer without breaking the Army, also makes it clear that it would be possible in the months ahead to add forces if we were willing to call on combat elements from the Marines, the National Guard and Special Forces equivalents. To be sure, this would be a difficult decision for the Pentagon and the White House to make and would call into question previous judgments by the administration about the proper size of the American military.



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Here's the official SSS page that shows how $28 million will be spent next year to make the draft lottery active within 75 days of March 31, 2005 (once Bush says "not gonna cut and run, not gonna do it!" and Congress votes to re-instate):

http://www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html

Strategic Goal 1: Increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the Manpower Delivery Systems (Projected allocation for FY 2004 – $7,942,000)

Strategic Goal 2: Improve overall Registration Compliance and Service to the Public (Projected allocation FY 2004 – $8,769,000)

Strategic Goal 3: Enhance external and internal customer service
(Projected allocation for FY 2004 – $10,624,000)

Strategic Goal 4: Enhance the system which guarantees that each conscientious objector is properly classified, placed, and monitored.(Projected allocation for FY 2004 – $955,000)

Total=$28,290,000

Strategic Objective 1.2: Ensure a mobilization infrastructure of 56 State Headquarters,
442 Area Offices and 1,980 Local Boards are operational within 75 days of an authorized
return to conscription.

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