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Originally posted by Jim Richards
Who know if this is fear mongering or not. I like your idea of a massive buildup to overwhelm the various factions keeping Iraq in chaos. I think we need a draft. The all-volunteer force is too small for the challenges that face us. We need to stop pussyfooting around. Look how the mission in Afghanistan has failed to reach a conclusion. I think it's tough love time for Pakistan, too. With AQ living large there, we'll never stop the terror they can unleash.
We need to send Chertoff to Iraq, and replace him with someone who'll work diligently to secure our ports and borders.
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Everything you say here makes perfect sense Jim. Afghanistan is the Poster Child for the need for a draft. If we can't eliminate, decimate, annilate the Taliban and Al Quaeda in Afghanistan, there are only a few answers why, the most plausible is that we don't have enough fighting force on the ground. the second of course is that our diplomatic relations are amateur at best.
I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but it really makes you wonder from a geopolitical standpoint why Afghanistan is a failure. Add 50%+ year over year illegial opium exports and it really makes you wonder what's going on and why our leadership at all levels is spineless.