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Really?
by Bryguy
  • "Mobilize the entire Guard and Reserves. No president has ever done this, including Lyndon Johnson during the Vietnam War, because it would put thousands of untrained, ill-suited people into battle and trigger widespread revolt on the home front."
  • Not even Wilson or FDR?
  • Re: Really?
    by thorin01

    Wilson and FDR instituted a draft to fill boots. The did not issue a full mobilization of the Reserve, calling up all personnel including, retired and inactive members. Partially because they did not want to pull many of those people away from critical civilian jobs.

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