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greensideout
01-23-07, 11:46 PM
The President had much to say in his address but what I was most taken by was his comment to use mercenaries in our wars. Is this the replacement for the draft? High pay, no (little) rules of engagement. Why join the military if you can make the big bucks as a civilian?

greensideout
01-24-07, 12:31 AM
continued---

From the President's speech---

"A second task we can take on together is to design and establish a volunteer civilian reserve Corps. Such a Corps would function much like our military reserve. It would ease the burden on the Armed Forces by allowing us to hire civilians with critical skills to serve on missions abroad when America needs them."

A volunteer draft???