US may run out of guard and reserve troops for war on terrorism

[Killarney]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=afp/us_military_reserves
The US military may run out of national guard and reserve troops for the war on terrorism because of existing limits on involuntary mobilizations, a congressional watchdog agency warned in a report.

Government Accountability Office (GAO) said the government has considered changing the policy to make members of the 1.2 million-strong guard and reserve subject to repeated involuntary mobilization so long as no single mobilization exceeds 24 consecutive months.

Since September 11, 2003, more than 335,000 guard and reserves have been involuntarily mobilized for active duty -- 234,000 from the army alone, according to the report.

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The army national guard, for instance, has failed to meet recruiting goals in 14 of 20 months from October 2002 through May 2004, the report said. It was 7,800 soldiers below its recruiting goal at the end of fiscal 2003.

[Dems Will Win]

1. BUSH '04 = DRAFT '05

KERRY HAS A NO-DRAFT PLAN COSTING $7 BILLION

[Killarney]

2. Exactly. We know if Bush wins, we're in Iran in 2005.

Where will the troops come from, if not the draft?

[shanti]

3. great bumper sticker

that would make!