I think we should do like Germany and many other countries and go to a two
year mandatory conscription.
-----Original Message-----
From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 9:38 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: The return of the Draft in the US.
OK, now I am really pissed. Not my kids they don't.
Dana
>If you know any americans between the ages of 18 and 32 in the next 6
>years, this might be of interest ;-)
>
>http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/alert/?alertid=5834001&conten
>t_dir=ua_congressorg
>
>Women will be able to be drafted.
>
>"There is pending legislation in the House and Senate (twin bills: S 89
>and HR 163) which will time the program's initiation so the draft can
>begin at early as Spring 2005 -- just after the 2004 presidential
>election. The administration is quietly trying to get these bills passed
>now, while the public's attention is on the elections, so our action on
>this is needed immediately.
>
>$28 million has been added to the 2004 Selective Service System (SSS)
>budget to prepare for a military draft that could start as early as June
>15, 2005. Selective Service must report to Bush on March 31, 2005 that
>the system, which has lain dormant for decades, is ready for activation.
>
>
>Though this is an unpopular election year topic, military experts and
>influential members of congress are suggesting that if Rumsfeld's
>prediction of a "long, hard slog" in Iraq and Afghanistan [and a
>permanent state of war on "terrorism"] proves accurate, the U.S. may
>have no choice but to draft.
>
>Dodging the draft will be more difficult than those from the Vietnam
>era.
>
>College and Canada will not be options. In December 2001, Canada and the
>U.S. signed a "smart border declaration," which could be used to keep
>would-be draft dodgers in. "
>
>The article has more.
>
>-Gel
>
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