[Alberta's Child]

That's exactly the point. If there was rationing, buying War Bonds or anything of a sacrificial nature like that, do you think anyone with an IQ above 70 would lend their political or moral support to a military campaign that lasted longer than the U.S. involvement in World War I, World War II and the Korean War combined?

Of course not. If you had 10% of the U.S. population serving in the armed forces like we had during World War II, the war in Iraq -- if it was even fought at all -- would have lasted about 48 hours.

[airborne]

The second we took the control over our troops from the Generals and turned it over to the politicians we started losing.

And now we are where we are because of it.