Overextending Reserve and Guard tours is a political disaster

[bleedingheart]

Heard this on NPR...

The reservists and guard troops who are having their tours extended are starting to grumble they won't re-enlist... and this spells disaster if this war goes on over two to three years...

This means DRAFT... if the volunteer troops don't choose to extend their tours they will be forced to start a draft.

I think that Bush realizes that they may need a draft so they will keep those troops over there until the 2004 election to avoid the disaster of a draft.

[sangha]

1. Bush* doesn't care

because the disaster won't become evident until sometime after Election 2004. Also, I think he both wants and NEEDS a draft. Half our military is already occupied with Iraq and Afghanistan. If the NG's refuse to re-up, it will give him an excuse to start a draft.

[bleedingheart]

2. I hope that people start to connect the dots because a Draft

is going to happen based on what is going on ...

[kodi]

6. to the ruling elite bush fronts for, they are just cannon fodder.

and the cannon fodder is awakening to it.

by lifer air force sgt brother has been emailing me about how the servicemen are pissed off at bush more each day.

bush wont get the enlisted men's votes in 2004.

[Dogmudgeon]

3. You can BET there will be a Draft

The Bush/PNAC Energy Endgame looks like it will require "securing" the entire Middle East. Even a "decapitation" war with Iran could take a post-war occupation force of 500,000 (extrapolating from the Iraqi figures of 150,000). Extend that to include Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, we could be talking about huge chunks of the graduating Classes of 2004 through, oh, 2015.

Since Europe also depends on this oil, they will be expected to contribute, as well.

It can't get that far without a major "deprecation" of Democracy. Essentially, Team PNAC will undertake to end Democracy in America in exchange for five to fiteen years more of cheap petroleum.

That is where the political action will be taking place. A "well-placed" nuke, though, could end Democracy in about 100 microseconds, no matter who emplaces it.

--bkl
Gloom. Doom. And a cluttered room.

[whathappened]

4. i see this coming too

jr. and his war time story and his call for fighting for a long time to come is going to be a bad blow to this country , we are digging a bigger whole with each day he opens his mouth , we will be at war with all who is not with us if we don't change this man's job fast and also change the jobs in the crogress and the justice system well were at it , we need a clean sweep in washing ton , and a brand new bunch of people in there who beleave that freedom here is most important and freedom to choose what people want to do in there land where they live is just as important to them

[sangha]

5. Saudi Arabia is going to explode or go over to Russia

and either way it's going to require military action on our part, and that's going to require a draft.