I guess you never heard of a date of September 17, 1862 and a place called Antietam where 3600 were killed and now you want to declare defeat, reinstitute the draft, and reorganize the military. We have not seen the full face of the WOT yet, and some like you are already running for the hills.
You really need to read what I posted. I am not saying we are defeated--far from it. Personally, I want to win. I think if we want to win decisively, we've got to ramp up our forces and do what is necessary. Right now, we are trying to win the day with half measures, using a minimum of resources--my fear is that this will just cause us not to lose.
The American people will support a cause if they see forward momentum. If they see stagnation, they will tend to think we are in a quagmire. We are allowing terrorists to operate from Syria and Iran with relative impunity. We need to have sufficient forces in place to stop this, or neutralize those regimes. That can't be done with words or wishes--it takes troops and $$.
It is the conventional wisdom that a draft will cause the American people to loose support for a given conflict. While this may be true, we have no draft right now and support is still waning. Why? Because the majority of Americans have almost NO stake in this conflict. If their sons and daughers were in the military, they'd want to make damn sure that this conflict was won quickly and decisively.