WILL BUSH REINSTATE THE DRAFT?

 by Carl F. Worden

The president said, "There's no question we have a security issue in Iraq, and we've just got to deal with it person to person."

 Let me see:  There are more than 5,000,000, mostly hostile Iraqis living in Baghdad alone, and we've got what, 150,000 soldiers on the ground in the entire country?  That's 33 heavily armed Iraqis to 1 American in Baghdad alone, so If "we" deal with it person to person, we're going to lose this war for sure!

 No, Mr. President, "we" won't be dealing with any such thing.  Our young kids in the military, who thought they could trust you, and who thought you knew what you were doing and that you were telling the truth about Iraq's imminent threat to the United States, are the ones having to deal with it person to person.  There is no "we" Mr. President.  They are dealing with it by getting killed on the average of one per day, and more than that will be coming home with horrifying wounds and life-long disabilities.  I have often felt the lucky ones die.

 Interesting poll in WorldNetDaily:  44+% of respondents haven't changed their minds about this illegal war on Iraq, and pooh-pooh the misery of our troops still stuck there.  Heck, bad intelligence and casualties and friendly fire accidents are a given in any war, they flippantly say.  Of course those flag-waving crazies launch that opinion from air-conditioned comfort while lounging in the safety of their recliners thousands of miles from the killing fields.  It is disturbing that so many so-called Americans nowadays have no real concept of what our kids over there are going through, and I doubt their ability to empathize with those who "volunteered" for military duty anyway.  But if I am as right as I usually (and unfortunately) am, all that is about to change.

 A few readers have questioned my contempt for citizens who stand on the curb waving the flag and cheering for those about to die in an illegal and unnecessary war.  They proudly proclaimed to be out there supporting our troops, as if curbside flag-waving gives them some semblance of patriotism in the eyes of others.  Those idiots don't have a clue what their duty as a citizen is.  In truth, most of the flag-waving crazies are just everyday cowards with a strong yellow stripe down their backs that shows whenever their duty as a citizen gets in the way of what others might think of them.

 The fact is that true patriotism means supporting and defending the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, in all situations and under all conditions -- even after a 9/11-type attack.  There are no exceptions to that rule, Mr. and Ms. Fellow Citizen, and when you demonstrate your support for any government action that falls short of strict adherence to that sacred document, you are no patriot, and you certainly did not support our troops.

 Nobody is foresworn to uphold and defend the government of the United States:  They swear to uphold and defend the Constitution -- and ONLY the Constitution.  Read that again.  If the government of the United States happens to be in compliance with the Constitution, then there's no conflict.  But if the government is not in compliance with the Constitution, then it is the citizens' duty to object.  You flag-waving crazies failed in that duty once again, and once again, our young kids died unnecessarily in another unnecessary war -- just like those 58,000 kids who died in vain in Viet Nam.

 Well, the chickens may be coming home to roost right in your recliner, Mr. & Ms. Flag-Waver.  According to the Christian Science Monitor (http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0707/p02s01-woiq.html) the morale of our troops in Iraq is at rock-bottom right now, and I will once again make a classic, Carl Worden, no-brainer prediction:  Say goodbye to an all-volunteer army, and say hello to the draft of your own beloved children.  You read it here first.

 Yessiree, when Female soldiers in Iraq are getting pregnant right and left and being sent home, there's a morale problem.  When soldiers start writing anonymous letters to their congressional representatives, there's a morale problem.  Clearly, the conditions these kids are living under in Iraq exceed anything they were mentally prepared for, and when expectations are thwarted, they are replaced by feelings of disappointment, and ultimately, betrayal.  To put it bluntly, don't look for these volunteers to remain in the military service, and don't look for very many volunteers to replace them.  If this president can't get NATO or the U.N. to send their troops into the meat grinder of Iraq and elsewhere, he'll eventually be forced to reinstate the draft.

 The really smart people out there will begin to position their kids in the Coast Guard and National Guard like George H.W. Bush did for son George W. Bush during the Viet Nam War.  Yes, this president was a very privileged boy, because it was real tough to get into the National Guard back in those Viet Nam War days -- but somehow he managed it.  Go figure.  Yes, this president who sends kids into the Iraqi killing fields, and then challenges the Iraqi snipers to "Bring it on", has never had a shot fired at him.  But I can assure you, ladies & gentlemen, King George will have no misgivings whatsoever sending your sons to war when manpower shortages call for it -- and I can hear those manpower shortages calling already.