Reply #9: All denials to the contrary means [View All]

means they are actually pretty well advanced in the planning, so I am betting, (unfortuntely) that the Draft will be ennacted as soon as the staffing crisis HITS the DoD... best case scenaerio AFTER the election... worst case scenario by the summer of 2004. Why would Bush do this AFTER the election? By the way he can do this whether he wins or not... and I am betting he will... if he did it NOW it will guarantee he will not get reelected (Rove knows this and I think they can keep jerking the Reserves and National Guard until AFTER November of 2004, maybe) ... even if he looses, he signs the executive order and gets the bill from Congress (it is ready to go), the next president will have a hell of a time STOPPING that machine once it is activated... I don't care what the name of the President is. Poltiically it would cripple the next President before that President is even sworn in... and the riots, oh the riots... that will fill America's streets, if history is a guide, will make the Summer of '65 look like a walk in the park... so if your name is George Bush and you really want ot cripple your successor, the Draft is just the ticket, no pun intended.

The only POSSITIVE of a Draft is that it will make politics RELEVANT once again for middle America and the side issue of DEMOCRATIZING the country... these are balanced by WAY TOO MANY NEGATIVES... such as cost, social, economic, you mention it, traiining, morale problems, disipline problems et al.. but point is, the Draft is coming, and all DENIALS point to it.

Now for teh usual suspects this is a strategic view of the matter... not an ideological one so try to look at things STRATEGICALLY. If you are between the ages of 16-25 start your file RIGHT NOW for consicentious Objector, though be advised the way the Bill reads, you will be REQUIRED to serve, even if NOT in the military. Yes you read correctly 16 is a good age to start that file to present to the Draft Boards if that number should come.

Yuo may want to contact any of the groups helping active service personnel right now, as to the requirements...

Oh and for the record I am not in favor of one, but can read the hand writing on the wall RIGHT NOW