Re: Debate
People have started posting specific questions that are left after Kerry's grandiose statements and claims, so here is mine.<br /><br />If 90% of the military is involved, either indirectly or directly, in Iraq operations (a dubious claim, at best), and this 100% volunteer military is taxed beyond its capability, how does he propose to man these 2 new active duty divisions that he keeps saying that he will put on line during his administration.<br /><br />The United States Armed Forces is a volunteer military, and it is already short handed, according to every published account, because the best young men and women leave the enlisted ranks after 1 tour. There has been no hiring freeze by the military, has there?<br /><br />Does increasing the number of billets to fill by 2 divisions automatically give you enough volunteers to fill them? <br /><br />Will increasing the number of combat and support personnell globally by 20,000 really make the rotational frequency of 140,000 men in a combat situation that much more tolerable? <br /><br />Will increasing the size of the United States Military (approximately
1,400,000 ) by .05%
really help
that much?
