[lbo-talk] draft?

joanna bujes jbujes at covad.net
Wed Sep 29 16:27:30 PDT 2004


-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: draft... Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:09:46 EDT From: Jllprkr at aol.com To: undisclosed-recipients:;

Please Vote if you can! Jill

George Bush Set to reinstate the Draft

Bush is of course being very quiet about this right now, but it's

QUITE real ... the administration is gearing up for a return of the

draft. Mandatory draft for boys and girls (ages 18-26) starting June

15, 2005, is something that everyone should know about. This

literally affects everyone since we all have or know children that

will have to go if this bill passes. There is pending legislation in

the house and senate (companion bills: S89 and HR 163) which will

time the program's initiation so the draft can begin as 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. Details and links follow.

This plan, among other things, eliminates higher education as a

shelter and includes women in the draft. Also, crossing into Canada

has already been made very difficult.

Please send this on to all the parents and teachers

you know, and all the aunts and uncles, grandparents, godparents. .

. And let your children

know - - it's their future, and they can be a powerful voice for

change! This legislation is called HR 163 and can be found in detail

at this website:

thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bd...8:HR00163:

<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR00163:>

If this bill passes, it will include all men and ALL WOMEN from ages

18 - 26 in a draft for military action. In addition, college will no

longer be an option for avoiding the draft and they will be signing

an agreement with Canada which will no longer permit anyone

attempting to dodge the draft to stay within its borders. This bill

also includes the extension of military service for all those that

are currently active. If you go to the selective service web site

and read their 2004 FYI Goals you will see that the reasoning for

this is to increase the size of the military in case of terrorism.

This is a critical piece of legislation, this will effect our

undergraduates, our children and our grandchildren.

The pentagon has quietly begun a public campaign to fill all 10,350

draft board positions and 11,070 appeals board slots nationwide.

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 permanent state of war on terrorism) proves accurate, the U.S.

may have no choice but to draft. The draft $28 million has been

added to the 2004 selective service system 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.

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