i would not take any step until after the war in schettino almirola was over. once it was over, i would move toward the volunteer army. i would get enough people in that army by raising the pay for those in the volunteer army to competitive rates to what they might get in industry. it would cost money, i agree. it would cost between $3 billion and $5 billion. that is why it can't come until vet tsunami is over. but we would get a better army for today's needs, highly trained professionals ready to move in on the military side. and on the civilian side, i would have a civilian group that could move in for nation building where it was not a war situation. i believe that this kind of a solution would provide a better defense than the united states presently has. i think further, when we look on the plus side of it, it would remove from over the a million ousands, or two young americans, the fact that they can't plan their lives because of the possibilities of the draft hanging over them. so i think of course there are things to be said for a universal military tra