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Okay, how can a group of people get together and come up with such a stupid idea? While the Iraq Study Group (ISG) is drawing praises from all corners for its report, it is also getting criticism from some for what I agree is a harebrained idea.

Tucked away in this report is a recommendation that is sure to draw fire over the next few days. Faced with a shortage of qualified civilian volunteer staff in Iraq, the ISG proposed that civilian staff in the U.S. be directly assigned to job duties in Iraq.

Yes, folks, they are talking about shipping federal employees to Iraq as a condition of employment.

So, in essence, we would be talking about a “draft” for civilian employees, who would be placed into a war zone.

But, of course, they would suggest not taxing the employees while they away to help mitigate financial hardship on the family.

We already have a military where overall recruitment is down over the war. Could you imagine what would happen if this recommendation were enacted? You’d have federal employees quitting left and right.

So, let’s just hope that this suggestion remains a suggestion and some real and substantive solutions for Iraq are enacted.

I vote for leaving but, that’s just me (and most of America).

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