Is there a draft in here?

[jhetley]

Yeah, if you can't drum up enough volunteers for your war, bring on the conscripts!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/10/war.adviser.draft.ap/index.html

As a member of that last select group (as in Selective Service...) of slaves this country drove into uniform at the point of a gun, I say Fuck You!

Comments

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Sad to see this. I think LtGen Lute is a little bit nuts for even accepting the "War Czar" job, given that it's poorly defined and almost certainly doomed to become a scapegoat. I also just don't see SecDef Gates buying into the idea of a draft.

[edschweppe.livejournal.com]

Amen, brother.

[edschweppe.livejournal.com]

I think LtGen Lute is a little bit nuts for even accepting the "War Czar" job, given that it's poorly defined and almost certainly doomed to become a scapegoat.
I rather suspect Lute was ordered to take the position, given that they couldn't find anybody from the civilian or retired military worlds to take it. As such, I strongly suspect that he's flying a trial balloon on the Administration's orders.

I also just don't see SecDef Gates buying into the idea of a draft.
But does he have the balls to tell Cheney and Rove to FOAD? And the political skills to make it stick?

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure he's flying a trial balloon. He might as easily be providing a place for Bush to announce strongly that no, there will not be a draft.

[pjthompson]

I heard this schmuck talking this same line on NPR yesterday. It left a cold pit in my stomach.

[leowulf.livejournal.com]

That's how I felt when I just now read the article. I'm too old and fat to be conscripted, but there are lots of kids our dau's age who, while too young to order a drink at a local bar, could be forced to fight or die in the Iraq quagmire, or in the next adventure to strike the fancy of George Bush's idiot son.

LW

[wcg.livejournal.com]

It's that last question that I'm hoping to see him answer in the affirmative. I'm pretty sure Gates isn't afraid to tell Cheney and Rove to stuff it.

[pjthompson]

I keep hoping the political cost will be way too high for these bozos and they'll be forced to drop it. Then again, they keep piling outrage on top of outrage...

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

Maybe this is what it will take to make the BushCo supporters finally sit up and PAY ATTENTION. If so, I'm tempted to say it's worth it.