Be Prepared for Draft if Bush Gets 4 More

Link to Google cached page of Defend America Draft Board recruitment efforts.

http://www.thememoryhole.org/mil/defendamerica-draftboards.htm

Senate and Congressional Bills:

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:SN00089:

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR00163:

September 17, 2004; McGentric proclaims "There will be NO draft in the United States of America directly as a result of the war in Iraq."

Saturday, November 8, 2003

Talk of a draft grows despite denials by White HouseBy CHARLES POPE
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON -- The United States' uneven record in Iraq has kindled a small but persistent push to reinstitute the military draft, a politically charged idea that hasn't been seriously considered since the end of the Vietnam War.

Yet despite denials from the White House that a draft is under consideration, and despite the obvious political fallout of such a move during an election campaign, talk of a draft has heated up in recent days.

Asked this week if the president is considering reinstituting the draft, press secretary Scott McClellan gave a quick and emphatic answer. "No," he said, moving to the next question.

But military observers and some members of Congress say that the notion of a possible military draft is gaining traction, in part because of questions from Democrats in Congress about the conduct of the Iraqi reconstruction, from retired military officers who are worried that the force is too small to accomplish such a big and difficult job -- and because of the administration itself.

The Defense Department fueled the debate this week when it placed a notice on its Web site asking for "men and women in the community who might be willing to serve as members of a local draft board."

The notice, which appeared on an official Web page for the Selective Service System titled "Defend America," explained: "If a military draft becomes necessary, approximately 2,000 Local and Appeal Boards throughout America would decide which young men, who submit a claim, receive deferments, postponements or exemptions from military service, based on Federal guidelines. Positions are available in many communities across the Nation."

The Pentagon wouldn't comment on the notice, and by yesterday it had been pulled from the Web site without explanation.

Federal officials, falling in line behind President Bush and his official position, say there are no specific plans to bring back the draft but it's only prudent to have the plans and some of the people in place if it becomes necessary.

Despite those explanations, the public notice by the Pentagon marked the first formal request to re-establish draft boards since the draft was abolished in 1973....


http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/147483_draft08.html

So when the draft is reinstated it will be because of the 'war on terror'.

Who said it would be the direct result of a war in Iraq? ThoughIiraq is far from done, troops are exhausted, and are on stop gap, we haven't gotten to Iran or Syria, yet.

Let all go barmy and join the army
See the world we never saw
And when we're feeling down
We wander into town
And if the population
Should greet us with indignation
We'll chop 'em to bits
Because we like our hamburgers raw.

Brecht-Weil

Army cadence:

Some say freedom is free
But I tend to disagree
Some say freedom is won
Through the barrel of a gun

There will be drafts and rumors of drafts......