I agree with Robert on all three points. This war is helping to destroy our economy (as Roger points out, there were many other Bush Administration actions that also contributed to the massive deficit); and a small number of enormously overburdened and screwed-over troops and reservists are being sent to fight again and again and again - and then further screwed by an underfunded (gotta generate the cash for those tax cuts for the hedge fund managers and tax breaks for the oil industry) and dysfunctional Veteran's Administrration.
If the draft had been restored I wonder how the American public would feel about Iraq. And Bush. And McCain. And She Who Cannot Be Discussed or Interviewed or Appear Without a Minder Because It Would Be Sexist.
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