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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 09:43 PM Original message |
WP: Rumsfeld OKs Increase in Army Size |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. What a cold, cruel draft I feel. |
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kellycp (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 09:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. conscription |
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MattNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 09:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. thank you |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 10:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. No need.... unless this administration takes us into more Wars |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 12:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. This is making me VERY uncomfortable. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 09:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. I share your concern,...I don't want to lose my only son,... |
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marie123 (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
71. yep |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 02:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
80. Excuse me for interrupting, but you misspoke. |
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Barkley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 03:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Sending draftees to Iraq ... |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
91. And Don't Forget Pakistan |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 10:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. What Strong Evidence???? |
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MattNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 11:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. i'll post |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 11:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Umm...ya think because there's an election coming up? |
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MattNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 12:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. you've lost your mind |
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kellycp (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 10:59 AM Response to Reply #23 |
47. agreed |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #23 |
54. You haven't been paying attention... |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:18 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Bravo - call it what it is. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 12:16 PM Response to Reply #57 |
73. Here's a listing... |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
67. One way they can do it without the draft... |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 12:03 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Ooooh, that was rough - but I'm sure it's under consideration |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 09:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. STOP LOSS=CONSCRIPTION? |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 09:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Oh really? |
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MattNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 10:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. nothing in there |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 10:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. It was read twice and referred to committee. |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 11:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Here is the budget |
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MattNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 12:02 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. that's the plan |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 08:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Yep, that is the plan alright. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 10:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. My young drafted-ass it won't! |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 10:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. yep, and it is a wonderful feeling to be presented with the kind |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 12:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Spread your cheeks ... turn your head and cough ... |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 09:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Yup, coast guard blue is the advice I've received,... |
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kellycp (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 10:35 AM Original message |
no |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
46. removed |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
82. Multiple occupations call for millions of soldiers. |
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kellycp (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 10:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
40. sry double post |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 11:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Oh, really? |
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PaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 11:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. What makes |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 10:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
38. Do you really think they will get 30,000 more volunteers? |
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kellycp (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 10:39 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. yes |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 10:50 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Yeah, are you one of them, Kelly? |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 10:51 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. so are you ready to sign up? or maybe send your kids? |
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kellycp (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 10:57 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. actually |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:00 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Freeper alert |
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kellycp (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. and |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. You know, I wouldn't be opposed to my children serving... |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 12:09 PM Response to Reply #53 |
69. Take it from somebody who's spent 22 years in the Army. |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:19 AM Response to Reply #45 |
58. Why wait? |
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kellycp (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:28 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. because |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:29 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. That is nice. My 16 year old son who will be 18 when he |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:31 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Well, not everybody can be an officer, can they? |
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kellycp (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 02:26 PM Response to Reply #64 |
79. well |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 10:52 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. We can afford to send our son to any college he wants to |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:41 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Four year degree for OCS? |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:36 AM Response to Reply #45 |
65. Jumper? Ranger? |
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kellycp (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 02:21 PM Response to Reply #65 |
78. yeah |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. You gonna |
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kellycp (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 09:47 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. thanks |
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PaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
88. If you aren't |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
93. From an ABN RGR CIB |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 10:54 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Been there, done that. Vet with 2 combat tours. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:02 AM Response to Reply #41 |
51. It is noble indeed to serve the interests of this country,... |
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kellycp (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:07 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. all |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Don't you think that Army morale is in the crapper already? |
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kellycp (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:23 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. i'm |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 12:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. What makes you think Bush gives a rat's ass about morale? |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 12:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
75. Complete doofus! |
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kellycp (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 02:31 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. well |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:15 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Wrong |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Simply put and separate from our military, I invest no trust in |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:28 AM Response to Reply #52 |
62. Bush has already damaged army infrastructure and morale |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 01:38 PM Response to Reply #52 |
76. Troop numbers matter for occupation |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
83. The troops are not serving their country. |
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PaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
89. Great...we'll see all the happy |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 10:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Goodness, reading between those lines... |
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raifield (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. "WP2006: Rumsfeld OKs Increase in Army Size" |
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legin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. Perhaps |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 10:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I used to look at those kind of things all the time, now I notice |
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kaitykaity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-04 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. They can't get them all trained by the time the rotation |
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pfitz59 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
22. Invoking "emergency powers" to run govt..... |
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mikehiggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 09:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Nah, can't happen here |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
26. And this is the guy that told us |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 12:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. 105,000 that are rotating in now are due to rotate out April 2005 |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
31. here comes the draft...and here goes my children to my best friends home |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
32. 100,000 per for next three years |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 12:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
72. They might come from the illegal immigrants |
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tlcandie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
33. Please explain to me why a stop-loss order was put in on our |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
37. Amidst all the other things Rumsfeld has been up to during his tenure |
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no one in particular (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
39. Job Creation |
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Rockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
49. Incentives? I doubt it, try the DRAFT, Rummy! |
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DubyaSux (366 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
74. There will be a draft |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
77. stop-loss'' orders barring their exit. |
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mn9driver (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:00 PM Response to Reply #77 |
87. The Military folks at Bush's SOTUS looked mighty peeved. |
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PaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:11 PM Response to Reply #77 |
90. Notice all the |
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Corgigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-04 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
92. I know two people who came home from Iraq |
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