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Originally posted by Mike AI@Oct 26 2004, 05:20 PM
DRAFT
BUSH IS GOING TO PUT IN THE DRAFT
BUSH IS USING A BACKDOOR DRAFT.
Sharpie - do you have any idea how large our military was during Reagan's 8 years? Clinton cut out military down by 50%. ( Most of this was a good call, no need for a huge military without cold war).
All the military has to do is recreuit more people, increase the pay and benefits, and the slots will be filled.
I think our miltiary should be larger as well. Another 50k special forces, 50k more Marines and another 50k speciality troops who will be trained to stabilize countries after we kick their asses.( MP, civil affairs, etc....)
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Mike,
I think you are WAY off on this one.
You will not be able to sizably increase a volunteer military during an active time of war, UNLESS we are directly attacked.
Also the comparison to the Regan Era military makes no sense. - we had 20 years of peace before hand and no one thought we would ever really go to war with the Soviets, the fallout from a USA-USSR war would have devistated the world.
Also where does one find more money for soldiers when we have already placed ourselves in the largest debt in history.
Outspending the soviets with a deficit was a good move because we could outlast them. You can not tackle a bunch of terroist groups the same way you do another nation, especially when our OIL based economy is what is funding the terrorist groups.