GREETINGS!More evidence that the DRAFT is getting more likely by the day. The plan to ready the DRAFT by June 15, 2005 (
http://www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html), especially this Health Care DRAFT, now termed a "a likely scenario if we have a shortage of medical folks and this thing
drags on out" by SSS Region II director Scraggs.
They certainly seem to be getting people more and more used to the idea of a DRAFT and especially the Health Care DRAFT, which would require ALL 3.4 million doctors and nurses under 45 to register at local Post Offices, quite possibly as soon as Bush is re-selected, in 2005. They seem to be getting people, especially women, ready for this--as it will difficult to get wholesale compliance with HCPDS registration.
Also Brodsky notes how hard it will be to get a CO, guys and gals. I know how hard it was to get mine during Vietnam. Only got it because my grandparents were members of the Ethical Culture Society.
This report from NewsMax is on a recent SSS Conference:
Military Draft Could Include Women, Pacifists
Michael Betsch, CNSNews.com
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2001
The U.S. Selective Service System is ready to reinstate the draft if ordered by Congress and President Bush. But in this unconventional war against terrorism, pacifists and women may be surprised to learn of their potential to be called to the service by Uncle Sam.
During a recent regional Selective Service conference, one item discussed was the inclusion of health care professionals in a wartime draft, noted Region II Director Col. Keith Scraggs.
According to Scraggs, a health-care draft "could be a likely scenario if we have a shortage of medical folks and this thing drags on out." That scenario would occur only in the event that "the active forces, the reserves and guard couldn't handle it," he added.
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"Looking at the numbers of medical personnel required, the time frames and the kinds of skills required – it would have to include women," said Brodsky.
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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/11/12/184604.shtml