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Originally posted by Silvy
And I don't think there is any need for a draft in the current situation....
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As cliche as this sounds: the US entered Vietnam as advisors to the French. When the French got smart, and started pulling back, we brought in our own troops to support our advisors. We did not once think about how to get out of that mudhole. When we dropped enough money, lives, and forces on Vietnam to saturate Rhode Island in bodies, cash, and steel, we couldn't back out. We lacked volunteers. So we drafted. It wasn't our war, it wasn't our fight, it simply demoralised our warriors and our citicens.
The potential, in Iraq and Afganistan is that we cannot leave. And, to top it off, the environment is once again against us.