Of course all rightwingnuts want to be in fit fighting shape to go fight for their bush-god's lies when the draft is reinstated.
It's a surprise that recruitment for the military forces is down by 30-50%; one would have thought the rightwingnut warmongers would be lining up in hordes to voluntarily enlist to serve their bush-god, rather than making him look bad by forcing him to bring back the draft!
Reserve's Top General warns of draft againArmy Reserve recruiting is in a "precipitous decline" that could provoke new debate over a draft if not slowed, the Reserve's top general said Monday.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/10410954.htmAs Gen. Peter Schoomaker, the Army chief of staff, said at a congressional hearing last month, "I'm committed to providing the troops that are requested (for Iraq). But I can't promise more than I've got."
The Army is fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and maintaining a military presence in the Balkans, Germany, South Korea and other foreign countries with a total force of just under 500,000. It had more than 800,000 under arms when it waged the brief Persian Gulf war in 1991.
"You need a bigger Army if you're going to carry out the Bush national security strategy," said Lawrence Korb, who served as assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration. "Right now, you're really using the reserves at an unsustainable pace, and you're violating the norms that you have for deploying people overseas that you've established not only for equity but for retention."
The United States has more troops in all branches serving abroad than it averaged from 1950 to 2003, and three times as many overseas as it had in December 2001, according to a study by the Washington-based Heritage Foundation.
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http://www.sierratimes.com/04/12/06/Fears_Grow_As_Military_Thins_.htmAnd dontcha just LOVE how BUSH KNEW all this back in 2000! He even IGNORES HIS OWN ADVICE:"If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, then we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road." -bush the incredible idiot, October 3, 2000
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/debates/transcripts/u221003.htmlGee ya THINK, bush? Appears we're now DOWN THE ROAD. Big time.