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Kiss your gfs and mothers goodbye.. Bill instituting draft introduced (and died)

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crobusa

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PDF of H.R. 3598
Well, those without gfs can kiss themelves goodbye.
I do hope that our wise elected people understand that the angst we have is the same fear that they had during Vietnam.
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don't worry about it: Sec Rumsfeld has already said in a house armed services committee a few weeks ago that there was 'no chance' of a draft.
 
Bills are introduced all the time, of all different kinds. Doesn't mean it will pass (probably won't in fact).

Also, what is with the date "Dec 20th, 2001." Is this old news?
 
Originally posted by: crobusa
PDF of H.R. 3598
Well, those without gfs can kiss themelves goodbye.
I do hope that our wise elected people understand that the angst we have is the same fear that they had during Vietnam.
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Yawn. That bill is almost a year old. Never went anywhere, never will.
 
What does this bill have to do with the draft?

This bill is for mandatory boot camp after highschool (i.e. Israel)
 
Sorry if it's a tad old.. I just saw it on Fark.. and "To require the induction into the Armed Forces of young men registered under the Military Selective Service Act"
is the draft
 
Originally posted by: crobusa
Sorry if it's a tad old.. I just saw it on Fark.. and "To require the induction into the Armed Forces of young men registered under the Military Selective Service Act"
is the draft
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No it's not the draft. It's required military service, not a wartime draft. There are many countries that require miltary service, even in peacetime, that's what this is.
 
Not the draft and one co-sponsor has already withdrawn.

God, there are some paranoid people on this board. This bill uses Selective Service to bring all those aged 18-22 into a basic military training program for six months to one year.

Last action on the bill was 1/28/02. It has died already. No one is going to vote for this.

Where did you dig this bill up at anyway crobusa?
 
Also, I can't believe anyone would actually run to Canada. WTF. You expect people to serve our country but you are too freakin' scared to yourself? That is really the act of a person without balls.
 
This sucks. But big and powerful countries will never have enough volunteers to serve. They will always have to recruit just about everyone of a certain age. I'm not afraid of death. Life sucks, anyway. I don't even have a GF, don't have much to loose except my job. If they lay their hands on me they will take it away.
 
crobusa, would you please edit your title to be truthful and not misleading? People aren't even reading the bill or searching for the status of the bill.
 
When mainland America is threatened I will glady join the Armed Forces. But to fight a war overseas because certain people feel America should police the world is insane.

All Politicians care about is getting money (campaign donations) so they can be re-elected. They don't get elected, they don't have a job. And is pretty obvious that politicians are almost useless, just look at campaign advertisements. I'm not sure about the rest of the country, but in NY/NJ all you hear about is the negative, never the positive. And I've come to believe that there is no positive for them to talk about.
 
A little mandatory service may be something good for the spoiled rotten youth of this country. Not talking war duty for all, but some type of community, state or federal service for one year. Freedom has a price people, quit bitchin about the draft and support your country with pride!!!
 
Originally posted by: Millenium
Also, I can't believe anyone would actually run to Canada. WTF. You expect people to serve our country but you are too freakin' scared to yourself? That is really the act of a person without balls.
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Here we go..

I don't expect anybody to do anything, really. If people want to fight for this country, that's fine..

I, however, am not one of them. I'm not exactly jumping with joy about our government, as a whole. I don't exactly like the way that we acquired the land that we now call the United States of America.

I would certainly defend my family & friends, people around me, and the land around me if it were threatened, but I am not going to serve anybody or anything. 🙂
 
Just another troll stirring the shyt.

The military have far more volunteers than they need. Over the last 10 years or so they have raised their admittance standards to keep the slackards out.

There is hardly any need for a "draft" at this time.

Twisting this thread a little bit to one side, though, I have always believed that one of the biggest mistakes we, the U.S., ever made was to get rid of the draft. Mandatory service to your country for 2 years is a small price to pay for the freedom and opportunity you have. Even during wars, WWI, WWII, Korea and Viet Nam (I won't mention "The Gulf War" because it wasn't a war or even a fair matchup) relatively few soldiers were wounded or killed. Yes, yes, I know, you don't want to be the one who gets a bullet in the ass or a fragment from an artillery shell in the head. Those are just the chances you take by being alive. The odds of you being killed in a car accident are probably greater than the chance that you would be wounded/killed in a major military conflict.

Come on all you guys and gals, let's show the world that we have the intestinal fortitude to do whatever it takes to promote peace and prosperity for all.

 
In WWII, Mainland America was not being directly attacked. How many of you would have rallied against us entering the war then? Sure you may say Pearl Harbor, and my response to that is 9/11(case for Afghanistan) and Saddam becoming increasingly unstable and paying money to terrorists. It would have been nice if we could have gotten Hitler before he became such a dastardly leader. Should we wait around for Saddam to do the same? He has already attacked Iran and Kuwait because he had expansionist ideals much like Stalin or Hitler.

Give me a break. I will fight when the war gets here. What a load of crap. By that time it will be too late.
 
The odds of you being killed in a car accident are probably greater than the chance that you would be wounded/killed in a major military conflict.
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You're one heck of an optimist, aren't you? 😉
 
When mainland America is threatened I will glady join the Armed Forces. But to fight a war overseas because certain people feel America should police the world is insane.

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You, sir, are out of your mind. You state that you would rather fight in your own backyard rather than somebody elses' backyard. You never want to let the enemy get to your back door. You want to knock on their back door. You never want to put your own civilian population at risk, you want to put their civilian population at risk.

The truth is that I would never look over my shoulder to see if you were backing me up, you would be long gone.

Whining coward. I hope your life reflects your committment to your country.
 
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