Reinstating the Draft
(Posted here by Wes Penre for
Illuminati News, May 31, 2004)
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:
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.
H.R.163 Title: To provide for the common defense by requiring that all young
persons 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. Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] (introduced 1/7/2003) Cosponsors
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d108:1:/temp/%7Ebd8mFe:@@@P%7C/bss/d108query.html
Latest Major Action: 2/3/2003 House committee/subcommittee actions.
Status:
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
S.89 Title: A bill to provide for the common defense by requiring that all
young persons 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. Sponsor: Sen Hollings, Ernest F. [SC] (introduced 1/7/2003) Cosponsors
(None)
