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lebell, WMA: I'm looking at the big picture here, as is the Rolling Stone article. If you take everything into consideration, as the article tries to do, the picture you get is a military in significant trouble. We simply cannot continue along the road we're on much longer, with the current global state of affairs.
And it's not just about the future, it's about right now: there are critical, dangerous shortages right now, directly caused by the war in Iraq. Some substantial changes are going to be necessary. It's not a question of whether, it's a question of what.
The U.S. is really at a major crossroads right now. We have to make some hard decisions. In my opinion, it comes down to (1) pulling out of Iraq very soon and taking the time to reanalyze, regroup, and reassess our overall strategy on the "war on terror," or (2) a full military draft. It doesn't have to be one or the other, it could be some combination of the two, but both of these possibilities should be on the table right now.
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