Is the Volunteer Army Large Enough?

Sec. Rumsfeld met with the family members of the soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade based in Alaska. That is the brigade whose stay in Iraq was involuntarily extended four months.

Rummy went through the usual "Sorry, but..." public relations stunt with them. The real question, not addressed, is whether the volunteer army is really large enough.

If they have to extend the brigade's stay, and backdoor draft other soldiers, is the volunteer army large enough? Or are the politicians afraid to tell us that we are shorthanded?