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Sunday, October 28, 2007

Beyond blurring the differences - should we increase our military?

This article described President Bush's recent push to increase the size of the US military and why this is a bad idea without a rationale behind it. The articles looks at how Democratic candidates Clinton and Obama are supporting his position while John Edwards is not.

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posted by benny06 at Sunday, October 28, 2007

2 Comments:

  • Thanks for the link Benny. I guess the question for me is how do you increase the size of the military without a draft? Recruiting's been very difficult over the last couple years.

    By Blogger Chancelucky, at 5:33 PM  

  • CL, the mercenaries need to be put out of business, and those men should be retained by the government if they understand the rules of engagement and ethics. We are paying them many more times over than our men and women in current uniform.

    By Blogger benny06, at 7:05 AM  

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