Ukraine: Conspiracy Theory du Jour

I’m working on the iPad, and I’m not very adept at cutting and pasting, so there will probably be no links. And you’ll just have to trust me on the veracity of my facts. Just remember that I was a docent at the National D-Day Museum, so I’m pretty accurate on my WWII trivia.

I’ve been thinking.

That can be dangerous sometimes.

I now postulate that the Young President’s administration has been doing a run-up to this Ukraine mess, coupled with the tanked economy, in order to reach a more sinister end.

A significant reduction in the Defense budget was recently announced due to policy changes in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with a need to slice the budget.  Also, we will experience a drawback in troop strength which will reduce our military readiness to levels not experienced since the isolationist period following WWI.

So, if we need to amp up troop strength because Russia is rattling swords, how can we prepare to pitch in to help our “treaty” partner, Ukraine? (While Ukraine is not a member of NATO, it is a signatory to the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, which was designed to give some comfort to the emerging nations after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Today, Kiev demanded enforcement of the accord.)

Why, what did we do to prepare to save the world after WWII?

We instituted a draft, of course!

So, here comes The Draft!

But, you might say, what about those opposed to military service? Of course, there will be an option for simple “national service.” So, the Young President can potentially have his “civilian force.” And, then what?

I leave you to speculate that. I’ve scribbled this down PDQ.

But, think about it.