"Bush adviser: Military draft worth considering
Lute says Bush has made clear he doesn’t think draft is necessary"
"WASHINGTON - Frequent tours for U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have stressed the all-volunteer force and made it worth considering a return to a military draft, President Bush's new war adviser said Friday.
"I think it makes sense to certainly consider it," Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute said in an interview with National Public Radio's "All Things Considered."
"And I can tell you, this has always been an option on the table. But ultimately, this is a policy matter between meeting the demands for the nation's security by one means or another," Lute added in his first interview since he was confirmed by the Senate in June.
President Nixon abolished the draft in 1973. Restoring it, Lute said, would be a "major policy shift" and Bush has made it clear that he doesn't think it's necessary."
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Don't let the disclaimers fools you. There's no way one of Bush's men would be trotting this out unless it had Bush's OK. They're floating this, and taking the heat off Bush by saying he's opposed. They KNOW they've broken the military. And with Cheney drooling over Iran, something would have to be done to fix the military to make all his dreams a reality.
They're thinking about a draft, and they're saying it out loud.
I say if they're going to draft people, Bush's daughters go in first, to be followed by every reich wing offspring who have successfully avoided enlistment (and Iraq).