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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Just read this one... war sucks and it's even worse when you don't have 
> enough people...

Rumsfeld wants a leaner, meaner military. Women want equal opportunity and 
equal pay. We the people want top results. The neocons want to control the 
world. The arms manufacturers want to make more profit. The construction 
companies want more work.

All these factors will lead to a smaller, deadlier, mixed-sex military 
comprised of highly trained specialists using high-tech equipment, 
supported by super high-tech equipment, bolstered more and more with 
highly-paid mercenaries moving closer to the action and eventually involved 
in fighting, not just training, intelligence and support. I'm in favor of a 
move to a mercenary military. The danger will be when the generals decide 
to make a power play.

And the beat goes on.