-------- 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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