"...The Army War College, of which I am an alum, recently published an article that talks about the casualties you can expect in high intensity warfare – several thousand a week.
So, in a few weeks, you’ve got more dead than you had in Afghanistan and Iraq combined over 20 years.
Our military, which has shrunk dramatically over the last three decades, simply cannot accept that rate of casualties, especially when it can’t fill its ranks with volunteers anymore.
So, the answer is apparently to not rely on volunteers.
- Don’t count out establishment pressure for a new draft.
After all, it’s not a meat grinder without meat...
But they need troops – it’s no fun being a general without any.
But they need troops – it’s no fun being a general without any.
- Who would a draft be targeted at?
Traditional, conservative Americans, from mostly the rural South and Midwest, the traditional recruiting grounds for a substantial percentage of our troops.
And those are, not coincidentally, the very people that the folks in charge hate the most...
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