Sunday mouthpieces all say too many tours in war zone is bad, but none admit we need a draft.

[amandabeech]

46. Sounds good to me.

Getting rid of the mercs and cutting down on our obligations would be key.

However, I think that we need to retain the draft mechanism in the event of a real war that has to be fought, like WWII. Women should register for selective service, too, but I doubt that as many of them (us) would be called to uniformed service. We have to remember that there is a real need for desk jobs for folks who have spent too much time on the front lines or active combat areas or who have been injured. Many of those jobs have been privatized or demilitarized, and I think that is one of the reasons why we're having so much PTSD and psychological breaks.

I would also like to see the manufacture of military equipment and supplies moved back to the U.S. We're the ones doing the most fighting. If we can only gain allies by giving them military contracts, like the 2.5 ton trucks being made in Canada now, then maybe we don't need so many formal allies. I believe Rep. Lipinsky from Chicago was investigating this when he was hit with some sort of tax problems, perhaps related to how well his investigation was going.