The Way I Figure It

[Undertoad]

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Q Mr. President, if the war on terrorism continues, do you feel that there will be a need for the draft? And do you want to start the draft again?

THE PRESIDENT: Yes, first of all, the war on terror will continue. It's going to take awhile. And, no, we don't need a draft. What we need to do is -- don't worry about it. What we need to do is to make sure our troops are well-paid, and well-housed, and well-equipped. (Applause.)

And that's why -- and that's why over the last three-and-a-half years we've increased military pay by 21 percent. And that's why our housing is better. (Applause.) We've improved housing. You see, you keep a soldier in the military by appealing to his family or her family. When the housing is good, when the health is good, they stay. When the pay is decent, they stay.

And so, therefore, in making a volunteer army work, it's best to treat our soldiers with the best we possibly can. And we made great progress in doing just that. No, I'm -- we don't need the draft. We don't need a draft at all.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Bush

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And, no, we don't need (present tense) a draft. ... No, I'm -- we don't need (present tense) the draft. We don't need (present tense) a draft at all.

Originally Posted by Edwards

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040915/D854BH0O1.html
There will be (future tense) no draft when John Kerry is president.

At this point, unless you count forced enlistment extensions, we don't need a draft. That's all he said, and then went into a memorized tangential point.