Well, howdy there, Internet people, it spell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Trump refusing to rule out a draft for Iran.

Okay, so over the years, we've fielded numerous questions about a potential draft in the United States.

The answer has always been,

you really don't need to worry about this. Well, that was before the new administration.

On Fox, Maria Bartaromo asked Trump's press secretary a pretty direct question. Quote,

I want to get your take about this idea of troops on the ground.

Mothers out there are worried that we're going to have a draft, that they're going to see their

sons and daughters get involved in this. What do you want to say about the president's plans

for troops on the ground.

The person responsible for speaking to the public on Trump's behalf, said quote,

President Trump wisely does not remove options off the table. I know a lot of politicians like to do that quickly, but the President, as Commander-in-Chief, wants to continue to assess the success of this

military operation.

It's not part of the current plan right now.

But the President, again, wisely keeps his options on table.

Okay, so let's do the standard math, that up until now has always been used to help people relax.

The problem is, Iran is a very populous country.

Standard occupation math is 20 troops per 1,000 residents. Iran has a population of roughly 92 million.

So, 92 million divided by a thousand times 20 means you need roughly 1.8 million troops.

We have about 1.3 million active duty. We can call up the reserves, National Guard, and so on. That'll give us another 800,000 or so, 2.1 million. We need 1.8 million. But we keep about 500,000 stationed overseas in various locations, and we can't just yank them

without disrupting the balance of power and starting other wars.

Just that puts us below the needed number.

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