What's really amazing is that people like trendline, actually think Bush is telling the truth that they are not planning a draft, even when Bush lied about ground commanders not asking for more troops.
Not to mention the contingency plans being drawn up now.
from TalkLeft
Military Contingency Plan to Draft Medical Workers
Finally, a little publicized secret document from the Selective Service calling for a contingency plan to draft medical personnel is getting attention - in the New York Times, no less:
The Selective Service has been updating its
contingency plans for a draft of doctors,
nurses and other health care workers in case of
a national emergency that overwhelms the
military's medical corps.
In a confidential report this summer, a
contractor hired by the agency described how
such a draft might work, how to secure
compliance and how to mold public opinion and
communicate with health care professionals,
whose lives could be disrupted.
The Selective Service acknowledged the plan to the Times:
Richard S. Flahavan, a spokesman for the
Selective Service System "We have been
routinely updating the entire plan for a health
care draft. The plan is on the shelf and will
remain there unless Congress and the president
decide that it's needed and direct us to carry
it out."
The Selective Service System plans on
delivering about 36,000 health care specialists
to the Defense Department if and when a special
skills draft were activated," Mr. Flahavan
said.
The Selective Service went so far as to conduct focus groups on the draft issue:
The Selective Service and Widmeyer held focus
groups this summer to sample public opinion
toward registration and a possible draft
including medical personnel. People from a
variety of professions, including doctors and
nurses, were questioned.
http://talkleft.com/new_archives/008359.html#008359
AI
Market Data 
Markets 
