The volunteer Army has got to come to grips with this

[wadestock]

They are being used.
If they weren't there for Bush's use....we wouldn't be looking at this arrogance.

As long as Bush has the volunteer army to use....we are in the most dangerous situation imaginable.

[jody]

1. It's not just a "volunteer army", it's an "underpaid volunteer army".

Countries can always find people from all nations willing to risk death if the salary is high enough. For example, companies in Iraq can find mercenaries at the going price of perhaps $100K/year or more.

The problem with the neocons is that they want a volunteer army but they are unwilling to let capitalism set the price.

[wadestock]

4. This has to be one of the most amazing quotes I've heard on DU

"The problem with the neocons is that they want a volunteer army but they are unwilling to let capitalism set the price."

Thank you for putting that squarely in perspective for me.

[leesa]

2. He won't have it for long. He's wearing them out. I fully believe he

intends to kill them all.

[Lars39]

3. I think he does, too.

I've thought that since I realized what the PNAC goals were a couple of yrs ago. I didn't know what a 'stop loss' was then, but I knew that the troops sent over there were not ever going to get out, they'd be sent from one country to another.