never ever send women to a combat zone.
some of them will be taken prisoner.
so i'm a male chauvanist - give women every right and responsibility of the men EXCEPT combat.
sorry ladies, not on my watch.
as for the topic at hand, the US needs the draft like i need another hole in my head. the number of troops required to do the job in iraq can't me more than, say, double the current contingent, which is mild six figures.
recruitment incentives will go a long way i think. even in canada the incentives put in over the last few years have, well, reduced the number of qualified personnel bleeding away to more lucrative careers....
vietnam was something like 1 million, though most of them were probably guarding thai strip clubs...
the effectiveness of drafted troops, when coming from the land of luxury to getting shot at in a desert, is in question as well.
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