daddy when their number is called. LOL
> 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=5834
> 001&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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