Draft dilemma

[True_Blue]

They are going to reintroduce the draft in the US. But it's such a vote loser, no one wants to mention it

John Sutherland
Monday May 31, 2004
The Guardian

Last Wednesday, the American public was officially instructed to panic. Attorney general John Ashcroft and FBI director Robert Mueller - brows furrowed, faces grim - took over primetime TV to deliver a spine-chilling message to their fellow citizens: "Al-qaida attack imminent."
When, where, and what form the outrage will take, is unknown. But something very, very awful is going to happen very, very soon.

Cynics will be sceptical. Was this another attempt by the administration, like those "orange alerts" last year, to divert attention from Iraq, the soaring price of gasoline, and Abu Ghraib?

On the same day that Ashcroft was terrifying his countrymen, I was emailed by an American student friend. He too is terrified. "The US legislature," he wrote, "is trying to bring back the draft asap. Check it out at www.congress.org. For some reason no major news networks or printed media in this country are carrying this story. If these bills go through, the only thing between me and military service is my asthma."

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1228331,00.html

[DEMVET-USMC]

1. This is a bad situation: I suggested the creation of The American Foreign

Legion to augment baddly needed troops to bolster our over extended and much abused forces. It may not be a good choice but we are in a situation where we do not have any good choices left in this regard....Oscar