More Thoughts on the Draft

The Dems are still promoting the internet canard that Bush has plans to reinstate the draft. It's nonsense, of course, and the other day a Democratic sponsored bill in the House to bring back the draft was brought up for a vote and defeated 402-2 (the 2 Ayes were both Dems).

Should we fear a renewed draft from Bush? No. Enlistments, reenlistments and retirements are all running at expected levels and there are no unmanageable manpower problems.

However, the press is missing the real draft story. What will happen to the military if Kerry is elected? My personal feeling is that no intelligent, self-respecting man or woman will want to serve in a military with Kerry as commander-in-chief. This is a man who came back from Vietnam and promptly aligned himself with every left-wing anti-war wacko out there on the demonstration tour. He also branded his "brothers-in-arms" as war criminals.

Enlistments and reenlistments will plummet, and retirements will accelerate. Manpower needs will become critical and the only way Kerry will be able to hold the military together is to deny retirements and other separations, activate more and more reserve units, and reinstate a draft to replace the recruits that won't be coming into the recruiting centers.

There may well be a draft coming, but it won't be President Bush that causes it to be necessary.