From Naomi Klein's article The Rise of Disaster Capitalism:

Last summer, in the lull of the August media doze, the Bush Administration’s doctrine of preventive war took a major leap forward. On August 5, 2004, the White House created the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization headed by former Us Ambassador to Ukraine Carlos Pascual. Its mandate is to draw up elaborate "post conflict" plans for up to twenty-five countries that are not, as of yet, in conflict. According to Pascual, it will also be able to coordinate three full-scale reconstruction operations in different countries "at the same time," each lasting "five to seven years."

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So, let me get this straight. Did those of you that voted for Bush really believe him when he said there wouldn't be a draft? He's lied more than any other president about very serious issues, i.e. WMD's in Iraq, why wouldn't he lie about a draft? Think about it. There is no way he can pull off these preventive wars without drafting. The military forces do not have the numbers to sustain several simultaneous war fronts and protect our homeland. Recruitment is way down. Do a search on the Internet and look for articles indicating such. You'll find them. Will your child be the one drafted?

Our soldiers as people are too important to lose in these conflicts that quite frankly don't have much of a benefit for our people or humanity in general. Bush seemed to look pretty damn spiffy in that flight jacket on the deck of that Aircraft carrier when he declared victory over Iraq. Why doesn't he go to Iraq on a mission and "smoke the bad guys out of their holes?" He can talk the talk when he or his kids aren't the ones putting their lives on the line.

I mean what did we go to Afghanistan for if not to get Bin Laden? And yet we moved most of our troops on to another war before the objective was met. So what was the objective? Was it to secure the land so a certain American company could run a natural gas line through Afghanistan? You have to ask yourselves these questions if you care about our troops.

These wars have nothing to do with making us, the American people, safe. We are much less safe after going into Iraq than we were before. Many scholars agree that Iraq is and will be a breeding ground for terrorists because of our actions. There are thousands of dead innocent Iraqis and they were killed under false pretenses. Yes, those WMD's again.

For over a year I've heard that Iran is on the list as the next country we plan to "preventively attack." What have they done? Oh, the reports from our intelligence about nuclear weapons being developed. I’m extremely weary of any “intelligence” that comes from this government. Most have forgotten or don’t care that there were no WMD’s in Iraq. In fact I read a day or two ago that the search for WMD’s in Iraq is officially over. Did anyone even notice that article?