what the likelihood that the national guard soldiers will be send to iraq to fight in this war?
543104
Already there.  Again people.  Check your story first before posting a statement.
895888
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-scramble9nov09,0,6350531.story\n\nThat. It's actually a very mixed bag, right now, so expecting Iraq to be able to respond as quick as we can, amidst their still incomplete reorganization would be far fetched.
420595
LOL, AWESOME!  I think that it would be good for more people to join the military...especially the ones who have never been in Iraq (and never will be) yet still think they know what's going on over there!  Too bad we'll have to wait until 2024...the war will be over by then!
879480
I want the soldiers to come home.
989270
Historically you are correct, and generally it would occur through a draft, taking up a wide range of people from different socioeconomic groups. The Iraq war is fought by mostly the "warrior class" of professional soldiers (or reserves). I agree that most war hawks are hypocritical about their support of the war. We should go back to the days where the leader of the people was the leader of the battles, that way we will think twice about going to war.
618067
Where are they going to find the National Guardsmen to do this?  Most Guardsmen are at the maximum time they can be involuntarily called to active duty.\n\nAnother thing to remember is that we are soldiers - not border patrol.
122197
national guard is under the command of their state's governor and government until called up to federal duty. NG get more humanitarian missions after natural disasters.
570024
No, it's not true.\nVoluntary signups for the armed services are way down.  Some officials have even been discussing reinstating the draft.  If there were plenty of recruits for the armed forces, there wouldn't be so many National Guard folks over in Iraq -- their job is supposed to be domestic defense, not war abroad.
322154
i doubt it. they aren't proficient enough with weapons for that. and who would watch home when they were overseas?
171943
the future for iraq, judging from the size of the bases that have been built by the US, and the money being sunk into the place by both private and public entities (much of which, of course, is being stolen by greedy american contractors), is as an embattled base for corporations that wish to access the oil there. \n\nthe people will be caught in the middle of a growing insurgency (drawing fighters from all over the Middle East, who will rightly see this as an infraction of sovereignty) and the big money of US-backed interests who will hang on (even after the troops go, there will be private contractors as long as there is money to pay them or the interest in being there). \n\nif we're lucky (and i do mean all of us), Iraq will not be the central battlefield of WWIII. but i'm not optimistic.
1070207
I believe the numbers I heard a couple days ago were something like ~200,000 total troops made of 110-120K US, 20K other, and remaining balance Iraqi.  The report went on to say the newly formed Iraqi army (remember, they've only been around for a year or so) is becoming much more organized and much more proficient so they are really starting the help the other allied forces and have even taken on some operations independently.  The belief is that as they continue to grow in ranks and become self-sufficient, we can draw down correspondingly.\n\nI don't know if it will take less than 5 years, but I doubt more than a decade.
999414
My doubts.  The congress and senate will not bring this up in an election year.  The left (Democrats) will to try and scare people into voting for them.  They will say the Republican government can't recruit enough soldiers for Iraq and other needs to get the job done and force a draft.  They won't use the word selective service or universal conscription -they will use the buzz word draft.
385204
Even if we pull our combat troops out today, the Iraqui military is still going to need logistical support for a long time. American troops will be there for at least a decade.
996312
This is the first I've heard of this.  Two years is still a long time for the troops to be there, but without fighting?  That's very interesting, and it probably won't happen.  If the "insurgents" are talking to the Iraqi government, who is then relaying the information to the US, that's even more interesting.\n\nIt will be worth watching this unfold since Bush refuses to sit down and talk with terrorists while the left has always been for negotiating with them.  Quite interesting.
1015931
they will send some "front men" to enlist so they can get the uniforms and replenish the supply for the village people...\n\nother than that..we might as well write off the bay area from the rest of the country .......\n\n\ni love a person like PM ....the military exists to make it so you can say what you just said without being hung ......
890611
Don't worry..its just a staging area.....i think the Salvation Army is the next group being called up for deployment. They'll have to change (no pun intented)tactics for Iraq.
1053137
Crap!  I love these answers.\n\nHe is National Guard.  After AIT, he will return home.  He will be required to do his one weekend a month, and his two weeks a year (normally in the summer).\n\nIF his unit is activated, then he will be required to do the mission.  If the unit is activated to go to Iraq or Afganistan, then that is where he will go.  If his unit is activated to perform a mission for the state, then that is what he will do.\n\nIn any case, he will return home after AIT.  You need to find out from him THEN if his unit is to be activated.