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Most U.S. high-school students believe the government will restart the military draft during their lifetimes, and shrinking numbers are optimistic about the country s future, a new poll finds.Among teenagers, 55 p
stanley termoska ercent say young Americans will be required to serve in the military, up from 45 percent last year, according to The State of Our Nation s Youth, an annual survey by the Horatio Alger Association.During the year between polls - May 2003 to May 2004 - U.S. casualties mounted during attacks in Iraq even after President Bush declared on May 1, 2003, that major combat had ended.Former President Nixon halted the draft in 1973. Pentagon leaders and numerous generals and admirals have said it should not be resumed because the volunteer military is more efficient. Critic
stanley canada s including Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry have accused the Pentagon of engaging in a backdoor draft to compensate for manpower shortages in Iraq with wholesale mobilizations National Guard and Reserve units and other retention tactics.In the poll, respondents were asked their views of a mandatory military service requirement of two years, and 70 percent of students were opposed. Still, more young people t
stanley ca han not said the United States was right to go to war in Iraq. The poll found 44 percent said the decision was correct, 33 percent said it was wrong, and the rest had no opinion or were unsure.The students outlook for the country was dimmer this year, but it remained relatively high, Fjlq 9/11 Panel Closes Up Shop
In these decades after the Cold War, nuclear winter is an idea that can feel as remote as science fiction. But using state-of-the-art climate models, scientist have calculated exactly what nuclear winter will look like after
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stanley cup usa ifty 15 kiloton bombs鈥攑eanuts compared to the nuclear arsenals of the U.S. and Russia鈥攂efore abating. What then Let get started. In the minutes after a nuclear explosion, everything in the vicinity is burning hot. Tiny particles of black carbon begin to rise up from the burning wreckage, eventually accumulating to five megatons in the atmosphere. Black carbon, which loves to absorb sunlight, has two related effects: 1 the Earth gets colder and 2 the stratosphere gets hotter. Both have massive consequences, not just for India and Pakistan, but for the entire planet. If you just look at the numbers for cooling, the temperature changes seem unimpressive. After one year, the global average surface temperature drops about two degrees Fahrenheit and after five years, about 2.88 degrees. Pssh, right But for that same reason a few degrees of global warming are Big Deal, tiny changes in global averages ripple out. The temperature change wo
