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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I ain't smart like alot of you, so maybe this is dumb, but what I don't get is this....you say Bush will need to draft because we won't get all the soldiers we need through enlistment, but Kerry won't need a draft because he'll get more guys to enlist. How? By raising salaries? Remember, once Kerry comes in the economy will start roaring and they'll be civilian jobs every which ways......
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Not falling for the rope-a-dope routine, Hank. Anyone with your mad Gilligan skillz will not be underestimated.
In any event, I'm not saying Bush "will need to draft."
I'm saying that unless he decides that the the facts suggesting that he's running out of troops are more than just inconvenient, and thereby decides to devote time and energy to growing the forces before the day that they're needed, he may work himself into a corner where he can't either
- snap his fingers and create 2 or 3 divisions overnight, or
- easily persuade other countries to send troops (for reasons that we've already overtalked on this board.)
The remaining choices are draft or draw-down, both of which are political suicide for Bush, the Unwavering Leader.
The problem is that deciding to grow the forces now through increased benefits and pay is tantamount to an admission, however slight, that the Administration might've, possibly, misjudged something about the execution of this war. And, as we've seen in many instances, that just ain't done.
