Yes, Virginia, there is a draft plan.

First off, it should be no surprise that Bush and Rumsfeld are lousy stinking liars. Last year they both denied the draft had been discussed. What Bush refered to as “rumored on the internets” (yes, the moron said “internetS”) has been discovered in Selective Service memos dating back to 2003. So yes, they’ve been working on a draft plan for a long time.

So how do you get Americans to accept a draft? First, you slip in a version that nobody can argue against. Then once it’s in place, you go for the full extended version.

The current status of the draft is discussed here.

Step one is to draft professional and skilled services, such as doctors, nurses, electricians, etc. It’s brilliant. There is no counter-argument to this. What fool would stand up and argue that our military should be denied such important sevices? It’s not like these folks will be serving in a war zone, right?

And what blue-collar guy wouldn’t like seeing an uppity, overpaid physician getting HIS butt drafted?

But that’s just the starting point. Once folks get used to the limited version, then comes the regular draft. Other military sources are quite frank about the dire need for “grunts.” If Bush starts any more elective wars, there is no avoiding a draft.

The catch-22 is that the only hope of rejecting a full-scale draft is to first reject the specialist draft. And I don’t see that happening.