for those of you care you should read this and spread the word
US Preparing for Military Draft in Spring 2005
by Adam Stutz ? Wednesday January 28, 2004 at 09:50 AM
Purim with Aish.com
The current agenda of the US federal government is to reinstate the
draft in order to staff up for a protracted war on "terrorism."
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!
Reinstatement of the draft
Dear Friends and Family,
I urge you to read the article below on the current agenda of the federal
government to reinstate the draft in order to staff up for a protracted war
on "terrorism."
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! But the
administration is quietly trying to get these bills passed NOW, so our
action is needed immediately. Details and links follow.
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, 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.
The Draft*
$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 website:
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.info/article5146.htm
Congress brought twin bills, S. 89 and H.R. 163 forward this year, entitled
the Universal National Service Act of 2003, "To provide for the common
defense by requiring that all young persons [age 18--26] in the United
States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period
of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland
security, and for other purposes." These active bills currently sit in the
Committee on Armed Services.
Dodging the draft will be more difficult than those from the Vietnam era
remember. College and Canada will not be options. 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 cur-rent semester.
Seniors would have until the end of the academic year.
*This article by Adam Stutz is from the "What's Hot Off the Press" column
of the newsletter of Project Censored, a media research group at Sonoma
State University that tracks the news published in independent journals and
newsletters. From these, Project Censored compiles an annual list (more
than 20 years running) of 25 news stories of social significance that have
been overlooked, under-reported, or self-censored by the country's major
national news media. The mission of Project Censored is "to educate people
about the role of independent journalism in a democratic society and to
tell The News That Didn't Make the News and why."
"What's Hot Off the Press" includes student synopses of articles currently
being investigated for inclusion in the next Project Censored report. For
more info and/or to receive Project Censored's newsletter, go to
http://www.projectcensored.org, or email [censored]@sonoma.edu
so basicaly you could be a girl going to college and still be drafted.
by Adam Stutz ? Wednesday January 28, 2004 at 09:50 AM
Purim with Aish.com
The current agenda of the US federal government is to reinstate the
draft in order to staff up for a protracted war on "terrorism."
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!
Reinstatement of the draft
Dear Friends and Family,
I urge you to read the article below on the current agenda of the federal
government to reinstate the draft in order to staff up for a protracted war
on "terrorism."
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! But the
administration is quietly trying to get these bills passed NOW, so our
action is needed immediately. Details and links follow.
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, 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.
The Draft*
$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 website:
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.info/article5146.htm
Congress brought twin bills, S. 89 and H.R. 163 forward this year, entitled
the Universal National Service Act of 2003, "To provide for the common
defense by requiring that all young persons [age 18--26] in the United
States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period
of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland
security, and for other purposes." These active bills currently sit in the
Committee on Armed Services.
Dodging the draft will be more difficult than those from the Vietnam era
remember. College and Canada will not be options. 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 cur-rent semester.
Seniors would have until the end of the academic year.
*This article by Adam Stutz is from the "What's Hot Off the Press" column
of the newsletter of Project Censored, a media research group at Sonoma
State University that tracks the news published in independent journals and
newsletters. From these, Project Censored compiles an annual list (more
than 20 years running) of 25 news stories of social significance that have
been overlooked, under-reported, or self-censored by the country's major
national news media. The mission of Project Censored is "to educate people
about the role of independent journalism in a democratic society and to
tell The News That Didn't Make the News and why."
"What's Hot Off the Press" includes student synopses of articles currently
being investigated for inclusion in the next Project Censored report. For
more info and/or to receive Project Censored's newsletter, go to
http://www.projectcensored.org, or email [censored]@sonoma.edu
so basicaly you could be a girl going to college and still be drafted.