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Here Comes the Draft
News/Comment; Posted on: 2004-02-23 14:45:28

by Ted Wansley

Millions of American men and women will soon have the 'opportunity' to be impressed into military service and sent over to the Middle East to fight and die for Israel.

Congress introduced the Universal National Service Act, which will require all young Americans 18 – 26 years of age -- including women -- to perform a period of military service or civilian service in furtherance of "national defense and homeland security."

In preparation for the new draft, $28 million has been added to the Selective Service System budget for 2004 ( http://www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html ), and the Pentagon is quietly filling 10,350 draft board positions and 11,070 appeals board slots nationwide.

Higher education will not provide exemption. College students will only be allowed to complete their current semester, and Seniors will be allowed to complete the year.

In December 2001, Canada and the US signed a "Smart Border Declaration," which will screen for draft dodgers seeking sanctuary in Canada.

Be aware that, once drafted, you lose all of your Constitutional rights. The First Amendment goes first. Back in the late 1970s while working in the Quad Cities as a commercial diver, I went to a jewelry store to buy my girlfriend a trinket for Christmas. During my conversation with the jeweler, I learned he was serving on the US spy ship that was captured by North Korea while patrolling its coast. The Koreans claimed the US vessel had entered their territorial waters. The Pentagon denied it. I asked the jeweler to state the truth, and he said he was prohibited from ever divulging the information even though he was no longer in the military.

Second Amendment rights are also denied. Possession of firearms is restricted by military regulations that specify where, when, and by whom they may be carried -- or may even be accessible.

Trial by jury is replaced by military tribunals. All searches and seizures are lawful. Drafted citizens become legally indentured servants until completion of their "tour." Those who refuse orders to enlist are sent to prison.

Americans who understand that the current neocon regime in Washington and the potential Kerry regime (funded and promoted by the same billionaire ethnic lobby) are actually enemies of the American people had better make in-depth plans now to protect their sons and daughters.

Notes, courtesy of Project Censored and indymedia.org:


Pending legislation in the House and Senate (twin bills S 89 and HR 163) would time the program so the draft could begin at early as Spring 2005 -- conveniently just after the 2004 presidential election.

If voters who currently support U.S. aggression abroad were confronted with the possibility that their own children or grandchildren might not have a say about whether to fight or not, many of these same voters might have a change of mind. (Not that it should make a difference, but this plan would among other things eliminate higher education as a shelter and would not exclude women -- and Canada is no longer an option.)

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! Please also write to your representatives to ask them why they aren't telling their constituents about these bills -- and write to newspapers and other media outlets to ask them why they're not covering this important story.

$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. SSS must report to Bush on March 31, 2005 that the system, which has lain dormant for decades, is ready for activation. Please see http://www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html to view the SSS Annual Performance Plan - Fiscal Year 2004.

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 a permanent state of war on "terrorism"] proves accurate, the U.S. may have "no choice" but to draft.

http://www.informationclearinghouse....rticle5146.htm

In December 2001, Canada and the US signed a "Smart Border Declaration," which could be used to keep would-be draft dodgers in. Signed by Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Manley, and US Homeland Security Director, Gov. Tom Ridge, the declaration involves a 30-point plan which implements, among other things, a "pre-clearance agreement" of people entering and departing each country. Reforms aimed at making the draft more equitable along gender and class lines also eliminates higher education as a shelter. Underclassmen would only be able to postpone service until the end of their current semester. Seniors would have until the end of the academic year.

http://www.projectcensored.org

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Originally posted by slim
What kind of statement is that... to fight and die for Israel? Give me a fucking break. This article is blatant scare mongering. I'll start to worry when legitimate news sources carry the story... not some garbage spewed by an anti-semite.

I'm with you on, and against, the anti-semetic slant stated right from the get-go on this, Slim. But if any of it is true, Americans have a whole lot to be scared of. As for writing it off in it's entirety based on the prejudicial slant - I won't, until I see it totally debunked. Even though the author was a biased ass for putting that line in there, I learned a long time ago that inside news can come from some pretty off-the-wall sources, including rags like the Enquirer. So, with that in mind, I posted this to generate interest and debunking, if warranted.

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Originally posted by Viva
At the very least it matters, because God only knows what the current administration has planned for "old farts" like us.

Soylent Green, Viva. Step right up for your last hit of acid and a beautiful movie.

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SSS must report to Bush on March 31, 2005 that the system, which has lain dormant for decades, is ready for activation.

That sentence bothered me the most.