Still think Bush won't start up the draft?

This president has been following a policy of "say anything" throughout his presidency (and before), so I do not for one minute believe him when he says he will not institute a draft. Bush has a history of misleading. Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan expressed it quite succinctly in this brief speech. Plenty of detail and references are on the Frequently Asked Questions page at EnjoyTheDraft. The site's home page is satirical, but the FAQ is real info, and the links are very worth following. Nation-building takes troops. Helping Halliburton rebuild Iraq again (Halliburton had revenues of $73 million from services and supplies rebuilding Iraq after Desert Storm) takes troops. It's not at all pleasant, but if Bush is allowed to continue his current mismanaged and misguided policies, there will be a military draft...only this time it will be men and women, and there won't be any college deferments. Follow the links and read.

Comments

[Chris Short]

Some people just aren't in tune with today's military.

This article is proof of that.

[Dr. Lavine]

I believe there won't be a draft. Instead, Bush will largely oursource the military to private corporations, whose annual bottom line will depend on a constant supply of wars, thus depleting the weapons inventories, thus creating new orders for more weapons, thus increasing the profits for weapons-makers, thus increasing political contributions to Bush.

It's all so logical. It's what the Disney people call 'the circle of life', with some amusement.

Oh, I forgot to mention that Wal*Mart is probably involved in there somewhere, too.