US Not Considering Draft: Pentagon

[DeSwiss]

US not considering draft: Pentagon

Breitbart.com
Aug 13 11:02 AM US/Eastern

The Pentagon sharply rejected Monday a key general's assertion that a return to the military draft has always been "an option on the table" and should be considered.

"I can tell you emphatically that there is absolutely no consideration being given to reinstituting the draft," said Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman. "The all-volunteer force has surpassed all expectations of its founders."

Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, a White House deputy national security adviser, discussed the draft in a radio interview Friday in which he said military leaders were right to be concerned about the impact of repeated deployments on military morale and readiness.

Lute, who is in charge of coordinating the US war effort in Iraq, said the all-volunteer military is serving "exceedingly well" and the administration has not decided it needs to be replaced with a draft.

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*** - Hmmm.... now who do you listen to? The Pentagon, or the War Czar??? Who's in charge over there!?!?!?!

[LiberalAndProud]

1. Lead balloons don't float. /nt

[Mythsaje]

2. The Administration is obviously playing the Lute

while Rome burns.

[DeSwiss]

8. Along with stealing the loot! n/t

[BOSSHOG]

3. We can't talk about the draft, its too upsetting to the chickenhawks,

young republicans and future roves and limbaughs.

[bigtree]

4. . . . but, now that you mentioned it . . .

[Subdivisions]

5. Isn't Lute the War Czar? If so, why is an underling at the Pentagon

belaying his comments? Does this come from Gates? If Lute isn't allowed to comment, what the fuck is his job?

[SoonerPride]

6. That was my thought. Ain't Lute the Czar? or Tsar? or both?

I thought he was boss-man excepting for shrubby and Gates.

What some underling spkoesface says doesn't carry near the weight the dang war Tsar does.

[DeSwiss]

10. I think maybe he just found out....

...that the drafting people is not included in the war-czaring job description.

[porphyrian]

7. Because the Pentagon is never deceptive about its intent. - n/t

[annabanana]

9. "US Not Considering Draft: Pentagon "

until it does

[DeSwiss]

11. And if they do....

...you can bet Diebold will be making the machines that pick the people to draft.

[TahitiNut]

12. The "M" part of the M.I.C. has NEVER liked a citizen Army.

The anti-democratic, autocratic part of the Pentagon - Cheney/Bush supporters - sneer at 'civilians' in the military. Always have. Always will.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/403

IMHO, the only people who should ever fight in a war are those who HATE war... not those who like it.