In my mythology class, a lot of the kids said they'd heard that the draft (for America) was being reinstated.  Is this true?
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yse, it is. get reay for reality. drafted into slavery to die for 'freedom'. is the bile of irony workin its way up your throat yet? has any of this dawned on you yet? \ni'll have the link of right now's show for you here tmorow.\nheres the link to now but the shows almost over.\nhttp://www.kaos959.com/128.m3u\nhttp://scotthortonshow.com/\nmoney,\nhttp://www.philipdru.com/griffin_stream.html
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Everyone is correct. And I can not remember their names but several football players have been drafted into the NFL and came back to play after their service commitments.\n\nI did find this article listing players \nEnjoy
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Charlie really thinks re-instituting the draft will deter our decisions to go to war, in that children of the senate and house could be drafted.\n\nThat's somewhat of a reach.\n\nI don't want to chance filling our army with people who don't want to join.  Not a good idea right now.  Campus riots would be everywhere.\n\nCan't answer your other questions right now, you did your research and are way ahead of me.
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There was a draft during vietnam, check out wiki for more info.  \n\nThe United States has employed conscription intermittently. For example, in 1863 the imposition of a draft during the Civil War touched off the New York Draft Riots. Conscription was next used after the United States entered World War I in 1917. The first peacetime conscription came with the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. Active conscription ("the draft") ended in 1973. Currently, male U.S. citizens and many male foreigners living in the U.S., if aged eighteen through twenty five, are required to register [3] with the Selective Service System, whose mission is "to provide manpower to the armed forces in an emergency" including a "Health Care Personnel Delivery System" [4] and "to run an Alternative Service Program for men classified as conscientious objectors during a draft." No one has been prosecuted for violating the conscription law in the USA since 1986.
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The Dems want the draft\n\nWait, I thought the Dems wanted an immediate pull out?\n\nWait...wait...do I hear?  Yes, thats it!  Flip flop!
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No.  the US is currently a voluntary army.\n\nUS males 18 - 25 have to sign up for 'Selective Service', which basically states that if a Draft is re-enacted, they they can be drafted.
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Short answer: No draft is imminent.\n\nLonger answer: In order for a draft to begin, Congress would have to pass legislation calling for it, the President would have to sign that legislation, and the Selective Service System would have to ramp up to implement it.\n\nThere's no likelihood that a draft bill, such as Rangel's, will ever make it to the floor of the House for a vote unless there is a severe EXISTENTIAL threat to the U.S., i.e. without a draft, we are going to be invaded, conquered and occupied.\n\nIf such a bill did make it to the floor, it would likely fail on a vote. \n\nIf it passed the House, it would likely fail in the Senate.\n\nIf it passed in the Senate, the President would likely veto it.\n\nIf the President vetoed it, it is not likely that either the House or Senate, let alone both, would be able to muster a 2/3+1 veto override vote.\n\nAnd if it made it past all those hurdles, it's not entirely unlikely that we'd see a bunch of politicians hanging by their necks from lamp posts the next day.\n\nI am a local board member for the Selective Service System. I had a recent communication from my Area Training Officer that all board training for the remainder of the year has been canceled. If anyone thought that a draft was coming down the pike, Selective Service would be beefing up its training of the boards that would have to administer the draft, not canceling it.
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They are trying to trick their gullible Democrat voters.\nWHICH IS EASY.\nGood point!!!!\nIf the Democrats are going to surrender like they promised and bring the troops home, why do they want the Draft back????\nI think it's because Democrat Politicians want riots and businesses looted and burned down.\nBy their own Democrat Voters.
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The military is not for everyone.  The draft should be used only as the last option.  I think this is the democrats way of finally destroying the military.  They have tried every other way and so far it hasn't worked.  This will surely do it. \nsigned.....a vet
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ever since military service became voluntary, the number of upper middle class (and higher) children serving has declined to just about zero.  this is because (a) they typically have more options in terms of jobs and so don't have to use the military as a way to get training/education/employment and (b) because no matter how patriotic they may claim to be, they don't really want to die for their country.  this disconnect is a serious issue as our government continues to evolve, since it is much easier for our elected officials to promote war as a solution to solving the problems of the US since they have zero experience with true warfare and because they have no one who will be directly impacted by the fighting.  it's the equivalent of monday morning quarterbacking.  either military service needs to be mandatory for everybody (reinstating a draft for example) or military service needs to be a requirement for election to certain posts (senators and presidents at least).  there's a motto from the movie Starship Troopers - "Service Means Citizenship" where the most common way for a person to earn citizenship and the right to vote/reproduce was through military service.  Not a bad idea.
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yeah i'm sure if that happened you would have a lot of people shouting that they are doing yet another job that americans won't do. i'm up for reinstating the draft for everyone regardless of legal status,social class status and gender. that way we an see who are the true americans who are willing to die for this country and we will see who are the ones who's nothing but talk and no action.though i also agree that its not likely that will happen but can still dream.
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That the draft should be debated at all in the councils of a free government is cause of dismay. The question is nothing less than whether the most essential rights of personal liberty shall be surrendered and despotism embraced in its worst form. – Daniel Webster
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I do not think there will be a draft, but as far as who is exempt, we would never know until they actually implemented a draft.  I am sure the rules would not be the same.
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They are producing children for the next draft.As a veteran I think a mandatory service obligation in everyones future or past would give their opinions a little more creedance instead of analyzing a game they will never play in.
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Maybe there should be an draft just so the same people aren't constantly deploying and redeploying?  I don't think it necessarily means that the US has plans to go into other countries, although, I am sure that they need to at this point.
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It is not that we need a draft, it is a play from this gentleman, he thinks that congress and future presidents will be less likely to go to war, if there is a chance, their own children and kids from their home towns will be the ones fighting over there.  As of right now, no person who is high up in Government has a child in the military.  It is okay for my husband and others, but not for their children.  Also, there are a lot of young men that could use a wake up call.  To realize there is more to life than drugs, sex and drinking.  I think it is a great idea.  Your idea is also good, except there would probably be an increase in AWOL if convicted felons were sent to war.  I don't think I would trust my husbands life to a convicted person.  Your unit depends on the trust of every other soldier, and I don't know if that would fly to well with the other soldiers, having to depend upon a criminal, but if they worked in the kitchens and did janitorial work over there, that could be good.  It all needs to be refined.
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1)  They won't bring back the draft.\n2)  If you have to be coerced to do your duty, we don't want you anyway.