Thursday, August 16, 2007

Bush War Adviser: Let's Consider a Draft

"I think it makes sense to certainly consider it," Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute and deputy national security adviser said in an interview with National Public Radio.

"There's both a personal dimension of this, where this kind of stress plays out across dinner tables and in living room conversations within these families," he said. "And ultimately, the health of the all-volunteer force is going to rest on those sorts of personal family decisions."

Who ever said there was anything wrong with being obvious? Generally speaking, long drawn-out wars in unfriendly urban climates tend to induce a fair amount of stress amongst all involved parties.

article from Breit Bart