That's actually not true, there's been talk about bringing back the draft since we went into Iraq; it's just political suicide to say so. There have been draft bills, from both parties, in Congress ever since we went to Iraq.
And Iraq had no WMDs or 9/11 involvement, so I'm not sure what they did, beyond be a generic nasty-piece-of-work dictatorship, like 20% of the world.
The draft bills have also been locked in committee and political deathground since being introduced. (Actually, both bills I know of were introduced by Democrats.) There is NO chance of their even making it to a vote, much less passing. The support's just not there. It was never more than a scare tactic, and I'm sad to see how well it worked.
I remember seeing one introduced by a Republican, several months ago, when it was clear we were overtaxing the troops. There's no chance of it passing, because it's a political albatross, but it is clear that an all-volunteer army isn't going to be enough in the future. If it were, stop-loss efforts wouldn't be so wide-spread. Calling it an all-volunteer army now is technically true, but, with stop-loss in place, verging on falsehood.
No, I don't think there'll be a draft. But, yes, I do think we're very close to needing one. They're scraping the bottom of the barrel and then some, as it is.
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And Iraq had no WMDs or 9/11 involvement, so I'm not sure what they did, beyond be a generic nasty-piece-of-work dictatorship, like 20% of the world.
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No, I don't think there'll be a draft. But, yes, I do think we're very close to needing one. They're scraping the bottom of the barrel and then some, as it is.