Sep 26th, 2006, 01:31 PM
I think the threat we face now is greater than the one we faced in 1812, that doesn't mean I think we should start building up our navy. This threat is on par with the Spanish-American War, so where are all of the god damn horses!!?
I think we certainly need a greater domestic investment in the war. I primarily blame the president and the GOP in Congress for that, but a part of the blame goes to the Democrats as well. We shouldn't be laying out massive tax breaks, or waiting for gas prices to drop so we can gas up our sherman tank utility vehicles.
A draft would never pass, but do we need one? I think we need to figure out and reach some kind of a consensus on what this war is before we start drafting men and women. You laugh at labels, but "Iron Curtain" was also a label in 1946. By 1948 it was the "Cold War."
Americans need to figure out the threat before they decide if they care about it or not. Right now, they just don't seem to care a whole lot. A draft would be a pretty hard sell.
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