Would love to see your credentials

you are obviously the product of a very determined Democratic attack machine

I keep hearing radio spots for Selective Service. Reinstating the draft will be this president's final "gift" to the American people, on top of the ridiculous war.

Your can only get the foolish, and the hard core unemployed, for so long.

Sooner or later, you must have other options, and the rich guys are getting off scott free, when it comes to service.

That's really what the volunteer service is.....a way for the wealthy to avoid the military.

I say we definitely need to reinstitute the draft.

First, we should poll every single man in the U.S. between the ages of 18 and 60 years old and for every one of them that votes, 'yes' I do support Bush's bone-head war in Iraq, then they're drafted, given 'quick' training and shipped to Baghdad in 60 days.

The war would be over in a month.

This war is going to last 10 years and cost 10,000 American lives.

The Republicans won't admit the mistake and simply want to stay the course.

The Democrats want to make the war the central issue in the 2008 campaign so it's in their best interests for the war to continue for the time being.

Bottom line: no matter what happens or which party wins the 2008 election, I believe the war will go on for at least another 2 years, most likely 4.

What ever happened to "when the Iraqi's stand up, we'll stand down"? we've been over there 5 years and what's been done? how long does it take to train an Iraqi police and army divisions?

Someone please answer me the following questions, because I sure as heck am not
getting them answered from the current administration or the enws media:

1). How many Iraqi divisions are now in place?

2). How many Iraqi police officers are there?

3). What is the desertion rate amongst these troops/police officers?

4). Where are the terrorists opposing the duly elected government in Iraq getting their weapons and stuffs of war?

5). What if anything are we doing to interdict this flow of supplies?

I could go on, but I think that's enough for now.

Hal

I am a Vietnam Veteran and right now I would not advise man, woman, nor beast to enter the US Military, Border Patrol, or big city police force. One mistake in the heat of battle and you will be crucified. Criminals, terrorists, and illegal aliens have more rights than law enforcement or the US Military. Besides, most Americans are sure as hell not worth dying or getting shot to pieces for.

finally the truth comes out, but as usual ABC has us commenting like this instead of the usual posting where we can all debate the issue. No surprise? Another quality effort from Always Bush's Cronies.

"Duh."

Stop abusing our all volunteer soldiers and reinstate the draft!!! Then people will appreciate their military better that what they do now!!! If they don't want to join make them join!!! I don't blame soldiers for deserting the military it is a form of slavery what they are doing to these troops and it makes me sick!!!

It burns this veteran’s butt hearing chicken hawks say: “They knew what they were signing for!” Few soldiers imagined they would journey to Iraq five times. Each time they start anew. They endure fifteen months were death is everywhere.

Defending our nation should be shared more evenly. Once, Americans were fair dealers. Americans pulled their own weight. They felt it was morally wrong to expect a few to shoulder the whole burden.

I hope Bush tries to re-instate the draft. Maybe then, the average American citizen will tell their representatives and Senators to go straight to hell and riot in the streets. That's what this country needs. I am tired of being screwed by this administration. I don't understand where the voice of the people went. I am absolutely disgusted with the democratic party. Spineless wastes of skin.

I wonder if We are going to wait until the army breaks before we do anything about it. We either have to redeploy from Iraq or reinstate the draft. There are no other options.

Given the facts I would prefer a redeplyment to another arab country. If the Iraq's don't care enough about there country to do what is neccessary to save it, then why should we.

Saving the president's pride is simply not worth people dying in Iraq. Its time to admit a mistake and get out.

Who would I be able to call to get my son into the Texas Air National Guard?

Does anyone know if "we the people " can impeach a president?

as long as we remain dependent on middle eastern oil, we will be involved in resource wars in the area. when we become energy independent, we will no longer have need of the middle east. its really that simple. when that happens, they will need us more than we need them, then the fight will be over. but, we refuse to drive smaller plugin hybrids to work or drive slower or build nuclear plants to power the hybrids. therefore, conflict is inevitable. it will always be about the energy. its the pirates treasure of the modern world, and its getting more scarce each day.

The Selective Service is already to go.
They had money bugeted to test run it.
The question is what will be the age requirement. Will females be required?
This is a go unless we stop the war.
It's the only other alternative.

Another Bush clown. He commanded Iraq but never spoken **** then, why now? He is a big dis-service to our man in uniform.

Of course the military is "out of balance". All things flow from the top down - since Bush, the top dog, has always been "out of balance" how else can anything run by him be otherwise? No surprise here. Any business either flourishes or fails because of it leadership. Government is no different. The whole administration has been out of balance since day one. I just hope we can survive the balance of his term.

When he was the Commander in Iraq, he said just about everything what Bush wants to hear. Is he a looney, singing/talking a different tune now?

It's always nice to know that our military is so stretched out in the world that we wouldnt be able to properly defend ourseleves at home. All over the nation we are of supplies and men, yet we can afford to send those things out to Iraq and the world? Nonsense...