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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.
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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. 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.
Congress brought twin bills, S. 89 and HR 163 forward this year, http://www.hslda.org/legislation/na...s89/default.asp 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.
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. Signed by Canada's minister of foreign affairs, John Manley, and U.S. Homeland Security director, 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.
Even those voters who currently support US actions abroad may still object to this move, knowing their own children or grandchildren will not have a say about whether to fight. Not that it should make a difference, but this plan, among other things, eliminates higher education as a
shelter and includes women in the draft.
The public has a right to air their opinions about such an important decision.
Please send this on to all the friends, parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents, and cousins that you know. Let your children know too -- it's their future, and they can be a powerful voice for change!
Please also contact your representatives to ask them why they aren't telling their constituents about these bills -- and contact newspapers and other media outlets to ask them why they're not covering this important story.
Related Issue Alerts: • Support Amendments to Change Course in Iraq (5/27/04) - Friends Committee on National Legislation
• Urge Senate to Cut Funding for New Nukes and Missile Shield (5/27/04) - Friends Committee on National Legislation
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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. 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.
Congress brought twin bills, S. 89 and HR 163 forward this year, http://www.hslda.org/legislation/na...s89/default.asp 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.
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. Signed by Canada's minister of foreign affairs, John Manley, and U.S. Homeland Security director, 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.
Even those voters who currently support US actions abroad may still object to this move, knowing their own children or grandchildren will not have a say about whether to fight. Not that it should make a difference, but this plan, among other things, eliminates higher education as a
shelter and includes women in the draft.
The public has a right to air their opinions about such an important decision.
Please send this on to all the friends, parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents, and cousins that you know. Let your children know too -- it's their future, and they can be a powerful voice for change!
Please also contact your representatives to ask them why they aren't telling their constituents about these bills -- and contact newspapers and other media outlets to ask them why they're not covering this important story.
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All readers should be highly aware of this. Further, contact your Senators and Representatives to ask why they are not informing their constituents about this-- and to vote 'NO' on these bills. This matter is of the utmost importance for everyone.
Some informed citizens feel this bill has little chance of passing. While possibly true, don't ever underestimate the current Administration, the war-hawks pushing for military and strategic dominance, and the neoconservatives advising policy.
Also, don't underestimate the major oil companies cooperating with the Administration looking at cashing in on oil territories for strategic dominance in the larger global picture: 'oil for fuel' as well as 'oil for power'.
I believe oil for strategic power may very well beneift from this alliance of our current Iraq/Afghanistan occupation and the furtherance of a military draft imposed as in S89 and HR163.
A great article underlining this strategic military importance and the '30-year old oil strategy in the Middle East' can be found at Mother Jones magazine. I would highly recommend all readers verse themselves on this cognitive, researched 'larger picture' to see how these pieces-- oil and military might (ie, draft) all fit together:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/03/ma_273_01.html
~Steve D. Arcata, CA
All readers should be highly aware of this. Further, contact your Senators and Representatives to ask why they are not informing their constituents about this-- and to vote 'NO' on these bills. This matter is of the utmost importance for everyone.
Some informed citizens feel this bill has little chance of passing. While possibly true, don't ever underestimate the current Administration, the war-hawks pushing for military and strategic dominance, and the neoconservatives advising policy.
Also, don't underestimate the major oil companies cooperating with the Administration looking at cashing in on oil territories for strategic dominance in the larger global picture: 'oil for fuel' as well as 'oil for power'.
I believe oil for strategic power may very well beneift from this alliance of our current Iraq/Afghanistan occupation and the furtherance of a military draft imposed as in S89 and HR163.
A great article underlining this strategic military importance and the '30-year old oil strategy in the Middle East' can be found at Mother Jones magazine. I would highly recommend all readers verse themselves on this cognitive, researched 'larger picture' to see how these pieces-- oil and military might (ie, draft) all fit together:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/03/ma_273_01.html
~Steve D. Arcata, CA