Did you know the US army cannot fight a two front war and may not be able to fight a single front war without a draft?

As you consider the headline and the following excerpt,  know this:  A "draftee" army is extremely inept when it comes to actually picking up a gun and waging war.  Close to 60% of those fighting in WW II and Viet Nam did not want to be in those wars and did all they could to hide and move away from "the fight" in efforts to avoid death or injury.  In a volunteer army,  such as we have today,  a fighting force,  on the ground,  of 100,000 willing men and women,  is as effective as a drafted army of 300,000 soldiers and the casualties to a volunteer army is far less than to a drafted force.  With all the negative talk coming from the Left,  about the Iraqi War under Bush,  we have all lost sight of the absolute fact that 4,000 dead,  in a five year war (2003 - 2008) is the lowest total in the history of war,  ever.  And,  this is true as you roll the wounded into the casualty totals   . . . . . . .    still,  the lowest number in the history of War.  

Feel sorry for our fighting force?  Hate the fact that so many are having to deal with their injuries and PTSD?  Keep the military's fighting force,  "volunteer."    And the comparison of "volunteer" to "draftee" is not even close.  To disagree is to argue out of pure ignorance ~ editor.
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(From the USA Today story):   The Army's top officer for recruiting, Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Snow, acknowledged in an interview with USA TODAY, here,  on Thursday the difficulties in attracting young men and women to the active-duty Army in an improving economy and the greater effort his recruiters are taking to find new soldiers.

"It is a challenging mission, and we're not going to get around that," Snow said. "And there are indications that the economy is going to continue to improve.   "Snow, who took command this summer, expressed confidence that recruiters would hit the goal of 59,000 new recruits when the fiscal year ends Sept. 30.

The shortfall in recruiting comes as the Army is planning to pare 40,000 soldiers from its ranks over the next few years. Despite that reduction to 450,000 men and women, the Army still needs about 60,000 young recruits a year to fill out its combat and support units.