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...painful memories of the Vietnam War and the intervening years have turned public opinion against a draft. And even if this were not the case, experts say, a draft will probably not be necessary...
...1960s, the draft was a fact of life for American men, having been in place continuously since 1948. As such, the need for increased forces in Southeast Asia met with little initial resistance...
...this war, the draft won't be militarily or politically feasible," says retired Rear Adm. Eugene J. Carroll, Jr., an analyst with the military watchdog group Center for Defense Information...
...while chances of the draft were called slim by almost every expert contacted, several spelled out scenarios in which it could become a reality...
President Bush is committed to a volunteer army, but if the war were to last six months or more with heavy casualties, the draft would necessarily become a viable option, says Jay Kosminsky, deputy director of defense policy studies at the Heritage Foundation...