[68skylark]

Well I think GraniteStateConservative has his heart in the right place. But I also agree that the tours we're seeing in Iraq are not a large hardship compared to Guard and Reserve deployments in past conflicts. And I also suspect that the whole U. S. military (active, guard, reserve, etc) and their families will be big Bush supporters in 2004.

[Bombard]

I think that in the future the guard and reserves will be more integrated with the regulars much like the USMC does with their reserve units. I also think that more attention will be payed to the health of the reserve and guard members as this has been a problem with some who have deployed to Iraq. The guard and reserve will survive but will look a lot different than they have in the past.