Having a draft age son, I truly would not like to see the draft return, particularly so that Bush can throw away the lives of more young Americans in his fool's errand in Iraq. On the other hand, if others in the GOP blindly follow Chimperator Bush on this, it might finally make the moronic soccer moms wake up and look beyond the next PTA meeting and kiddie sporting event. Here's part of 365gay.com's take on the issue:(Washington) Frequent tours for U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have stressed the all-volunteer force and made it worth considering a return to a military draft, President Bush's new war adviser said Friday. "I think it makes sense to certainly consider it," Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute said in an interview with National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." "And I can tell you, this has always been an option on the table. But ultimately, this is a policy matter between meeting the demands for the nation's security by one means or another," Lute added in his first interview since he was confirmed by the Senate in June.
In the interview, Lute also said that "Today, the current means of the all-volunteer force is serving us exceptionally well." Still, he said the repeated deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan affect not only the troops but their families, who can influence whether a service member decides to stay in the military. "There's both a personal dimension of this, where this kind of stress plays out across dinner tables and in living room conversations within these families," he said. "And ultimately, the health of the all-volunteer force is going to rest on those sorts of personal family decisions."
Knowing a number of military families personally in this area, the repeat deployments are taking their toll on families.
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