Let's have a few drafts on Terry!

From last Friday - McAuliffe to College Dems: Bush Will Reinstitute Draft:

Republicans had no sooner shot down rumors of a military draft when Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe warned a group of College Democrats on Friday that President Bush would call them up for duty if re-elected.
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"It's clearly a possibility," McAuliffe said. "What if we have another conflict where we have to commit troops? We don't have them today."

He added: "I'm not trying to do this to scare young people, but they've got to understand this is a possibility in this country."

Notice how Terry doesn't seem to be spending much time on coming up with "possibilities" for a Lurch presidency? Follow the link to the article for some audience reactions. Not everyone was guzzling the Kool-Aid. And in a similar vein, a headline writer at the LA Slimes deserves some sort of award for Republicans Glad to Lose on Bill to Start New Draft.

But here's a puzzle. I thought John Kerry was the mandatory national service guy? And all the crocodile tears about not enough troops reminds me of an oldie but goodie:

Can you name this country?

709,000 REGULAR (ACTIVE DUTY) PERSONNEL.

293,000 RESERVE TROOPS.

EIGHT STANDING ARMY DIVISIONS.

20 AIR FORCE AND NAVY AIR WINGS WITH 2,000 COMBAT
AIRCRAFT.

232 STRATEGIC BOMBERS.

19 STRATEGIC BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES WITH 3,114 NUCLEAR WARHEADS ON 232 MISSILES.

500 ICBMs WITH 1,950 WARHEADS.

FOUR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND 121 SURFACE COMBAT SHIPS AND SUBMARINES PLUS ALL THE SUPPORT BASES, SHIPYARDS, AND LOGISTICAL ASSETS NEEDED TO SUSTAIN SUCH A NAVAL FORCE.

I'll spare you the suspense:

THESE ARE THE AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES THAT WERE ELIMINATED DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF BILL CLINTON AND AL GORE.

IMAGINE WHAT A JOHN KERRY ADMINISTRATION WOULD LOOK LIKE CONSIDERING HIS 20 YEAR VOTING RECORD AGAINST DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Indeed.