It's implementation would have a chilling effect on folks thinking of voluntarily joining if it is only to prolong our existence in Iraq. It's one thing to give your life over for a predictable period of time. It's quite another to sign up not knowing for how long.

However, a cataclysmic event, like an Islamic nuking in our country or prolonged hot multi-nation event in the middle east (like Isreal being nuked) would be another story. In this case 10's of thousands would sign up despite stop loss policies.