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The president doesn't support a draft, but the Army was simply not built to fight protracted ground wars like the one in Iraq. After the draft was ended in 1973, the current all-volunteer system was created out of the mind-set of "no more Vietnams."

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May 26, 2007, 8:34 p.m.
"In the end, the president will not only be unable to stabilize Iraq, he will have destroyed the finest army the world has known."
That is why Iran and North Korea have been acting up. They now know how weak we really are. Thank you, Neo-Cons, for giving the entire world a blueprint on how to stop the american war machine.
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