"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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On 29 May 2006 15:14:30 -0700, wrote:

Rep Rangel introduces Draft Bill (for Iran?!):

http://www.warwithoutend.co.uk/zone0...ic.php?t=53409

Rangel has done this before--about three years ago. At that time the
bill went nowhere until just before the presidential election at which
time it was defeated something like 425 to 5. Rangel didn't vote for
his own bill.

If you won't "cowerfromthetruth" you should note that Rangel is a
Democrat, exceptionally liberal (bordering on socialist), from a
heavily minority district in Detroit and adamantly against the
administration. A draft bill is totally ludicrous.

Last time I checked our military was stretched extremely thin. Whicha has
allowed the Iranian version of Hitler to thumbs his nose at us while he
acquires nukes. And making the assumption that military action (if required)
against Iran can be limited to airstrikes is ludicrous.

Conscripts don't
have the retainability or the necessary skills for the configuration
of the current US military establishment.

That depends on who and how long you draft them for. Although it might be
quite possible to add some division the old fashioned way... with
volunteers.

If you've watched operations
recently you might have noted that we no longer depend upon massed
forces marching in lock-step across the plains of Waterloo.


One of the worst mistakes we can make is to assume that we will fight future
wars like the last one.

In the case of Iraq they were weakened by a previous war, had an arms
embargo and were studied in minute detail for the twelve years before we
invaded.

If we are really lucky the next major war will be fought after the next
Presidential election. The present fools have show themselves to be
completely incompetent.

BTW Have you read Cobra II yet?



Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
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