draft anyone?…no, not crappy Bud lite…
“Today’s Army is out of balance,” Cody said.
General Richard A. Cody graduated from West Point in 1972, flew helicopters, ascended to command the storied 101st Airborne Division, and then, toward the end of his career, settled into management; now, at fifty-seven, he wears four stars as the Army Vice-Chief of Staff.
He continued:
The current demand for our forces in Iraq and Afghanistan exceeds the sustainable supply, and limits our ability to provide ready forces for other contingencies. . . . Soldiers, families, support systems and equipment are stretched and stressed. . . . Overall, our readiness is being consumed as fast as we build it. If unaddressed, this lack of balance poses a significant risk to the all-volunteer force and degrades
Tags: 9/11, Bush's FUBAR War, The War of Terror
This is simply brilliant:
A war born in spin has now reached its Lewis Carroll period. (“Now here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.”)
I do hope that someone grills Petreaus pretty intensely about he he intends to keep up this pace with the increasingly limited resources at his disposal. At this rate, just continuing may be more dangerous than the withdrawal that Bush and McCain are so hell bent against.
This war be be over so freaking fast if there was a draft.
It would be over in two freaking seconds I swear.
Boom.
Done.
And much of the belligerence towards Iran would stop too.
People with draft age kids really need to familiarize themselves with the latest Selective Service rules — chances for outs and deferments are really narrowed.
Want some fun?
Tell your Republican-loving FOX News-watching NASCAR Dad neighbor that his fifteen-year old daughter will be eligible to enlist in just three years, and she’d look very grown-up in a uniform.
All of Congress that votes for Bushco’s military supplimental-extra budgetary $$ every year deserves to wear this pain from the families of stop loss para-military state militia (Guard) units.
Nancy Peolosi is saying that Iraq stands to earn 60 billion from oil sales this year and must pay their way.
Patraeus’ stop the troop redeployment line is what Cheney directed him to say when they met a few weeks ago. Have patience sounds so compassionate, no?