After 23 Years in the USAF and on the way to retirement.. This needs a confirmation
We DO NOT need military people who did not want to join in the first place.. Its hard enough training the ones who do volunteer in todays climate.
Any General who thinks we need a draft in the war situation we have now is a idiot or playing to a socialist agenda.
After 20 years in the USAF and retired, I think all those who enjoy the benefits of the sacrifices our military has made need to make a contribution to their country. I'd prefer it be military service but I understand the realities of contemporary cowardice prevalent in our country today. Having said that, I'd tell all of the able bodied American men who pat service members on the back to step up, serve your country and give our guys currently serving some relief. If you really believe in the WOT, join it. We have enough cheerleaders!
“Any General who thinks we need a draft in the war situation we have now is a idiot or playing to a socialist agenda.”
Amen to that. I smell a rat.
Lute is an idiot, forthrightly demonstrated by the very fact he accepted this position in the Bush White House. He is the whipping boy the next time something bad happens in the Iraq theater. He wasn’t even considered in the first round of interviews for the job, every one in the first round declined to take the position cause they all knew they’d be thrown under the bus by the Bush White House at the first opportune moment.
Lute and the Bush staffers didn’t bring out this cultural third rail without planning through it beforehand. This is a diversionary media tactic, to keep the media away from asking about Lute’s other dossiers or some other military problem that the media is building a story on... (Remember, this guy was supposed to partially take over Rumsfeld position of the front man who beat the media over it’s collective heads with big Clue Sticks)...(And why the hell would he annonce this on NPR’s All Things Considred if he didn’t want maximum moonbat hysteria reactions?) The Bush White House is playing the same game Rangel has been playing with the idea. Neither are being honest, both hope to stir things up and keep constituents in a frenzy, and both wave it around to beat up on ideological enemies.
It’s not believable to assume that Lute brought this out without consultation with the Bush media PR teams, which means Bush is doing another round of “beat the crap out of your core Constituency to promote Republican failure during the 2008 general election” campaigning again. This is Amensty Bill Redux for the elitist cliques that control the Bush White House and GOP Senators. Why the hell would the Bush White House openly attack the Active inactive and retired US Military constituencies like this? The demographic has given one of the highest approval ratings of any for the Bush presidency.
Unbelievable.
My other thought, Lute knew going in he was to be thrown under the bus at the first opportune moment by the Bush inner circle.
The guy is brilliant for coming out with this, it increases his post-retirement speaking fee value considerably, and makes him much much more visible going into the ‘08 election season, one which he is absolutely certain he will be a working as a civilian well before the general election.
Lute is thinking outside the box, he’s probably hoping he gets fired for discussing bringing back the draft, so he doesn’t become the whipping boy for some worse situation that was actually outside his control.
agree.
we learned during the vietnam war that many of the politicians’ sons would find themselves exempted or in light duty,
and we learned that people who do not want to be in the war are not worth having around.