Obama needs to be prepared to address the draft question, it's only a matter of days before

[CK_John]

McCain or Cheney bring this into the campaign.

Obama should get out in front of this issue, by asking Bush, what invisible army are we going to send to the aid of Poland if he installs those anti-missiles systems. It's too late for Georgia.

Whatever Obama does he can not rule out a draft or he will lose the election.

[Bicoastal]

1. That's CRAZY!

I haven't heard one person mention the draft in response to Putin.

[scheming daemons]

3. CK_John is the king of wacky conspiracy theories...

....so far, by my count, his batting average is .000

[CK_John]

6. Thanks for keeping score, why not contribute to the discussion. n/t

[scheming daemons]

19. discussions about drug-induced conspiracy theories are pointless..

[CK_John]

4. The Russian situation just showed the world how badly degraded the military really is. How do think

is playing behind the scene?

[mrreowwr_kittty]

2. No draft. Period. If you want to hold a war and can't convince people to show up for it.

You don't get to have it.

[CK_John]

5. I said he better be prepared for the issue. It will be an issue. I have no

idea what his policy decision on the question will be except if he tries to go with a nodraft the GOP will have a field day.

[blondeatlast]

26. It's a campaign-killer on either side. Neither one will touch it with a 10 foot pole.

Tighten that tinfoil a touch, please.

[DarthDem]

7. There is NO chance

. . . that "McCain or Cheney brings this into the campaign." None. If they do, the support for Rethuglicans will plummet to even lower levels than it is already.

If anything, Obama should say that the Goopers cannot continue to support military adventures with our overstretched armed forces.

[CK_John]

8. McCain will just accuse Obama of not supporting a draft and blame the problem on him. n/t

[DarthDem]

16. Uhhh . . .

No. Accusing your opponent of not supporting a draft means that you support it. And anyone who supports a draft is not going to win this election.

[Renew Deal]

9. The draft will come up once in one debate and both candidates will oppose it.

So there's not much there.

[CK_John]

10. I doubt there will be any debates, maybe a VP debate but that's all. n/t

[Renew Deal]

11. What are you talking about?

The debates are set.

[CK_John]

17. Do you really believe McCain is mentally able to debate, but that is another topic. n/t

[Renew Deal]

18. I think he's got problems.

And I think Obama will be able to bait him.

[Sidney J Mussburger]

12. Could you explain how not supporting a draft

is a bad thing. You think the public will support a draft? :crazy:

[CK_John]

14. Right now a draft is a policy wonk debate, next week it may be a necessity. n/t

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

13. Troop strength is not the key to potential conflicts with Russia

We didn't keep all those troops in Germany because they could have done anything much to stop a Russian invasion. They were human trip-wires. The set-up was to guarantee that the USSR couldn't invade West Germany without engaging the US and killing a bunch of Americans, which would result in a nuclear exchange.

It's the same reason we have troops in South Korea though nobody doubts the North could over-run Seoul on any chosen afternoon.

(Notice that Germany and South Korea have no nukes. Our folks are there as markers of our proxy nuke protection.)

That's why we are sending people to Georgia. If Russia lobs too many bombs it's only a matter of time before one happens to land on some Americans.

Maybe a draft would be necessary to keep up the supply of human trip-wires, but we are not going to fight a conventional land war with Russia. Ever.

[CK_John]

15. I understand many of the US troops training the Georgian army have been killed or wounded. I believe

that is why be are forcing in those C-17's with medical supplies, in order to extract our dead and wounded.

[JackORoses]

20. take this Freeper Trash elsewhere. There will be no Draft!!

Anyone who supports a Draft is just asking to be landslided.

[CK_John]

21. Read the OP before you throw trash. n/t

[JackORoses]

24. sadly I did read it. I will never get those precious seconds back.

[NatBurner]

22. um...

[MadHound]

23. If he starts endorsing a draft, he'll lose.

The anti-war left will either go Green or stay home in droves. We don't need a draft, what we need to do is pull our troops out of Iraq ASAP, not some months long timetable, but march them onto the plane and bring them home.

If Obama advocates for the draft, he'll lose my votes and hundreds of thousands of others.

[blondeatlast]

25. Please contribute here for CK_John and maybe some nice DU volunteers

could offer to cover his home with it?

[CK_John]

27. Bad blond joke, and no contribution to discussion as usual. n/t

[blondeatlast]

28. I did contribute upthread, but you haven't responded. And what makes you think I'm blonde? nt

[CK_John]

30. What is with this personal attack campaign? n/t

[Alter Ego]

29. Draft?

That's an easy one--it would be political suicide for either candidate to advocate a draft now, not to mention morally reprehensible. Why would Obama have trouble with this?

Take off the tinfoil, dude--it's starting to mess with you.