Military Draft System to be Tested

As to whether or not a new military draft is on the horizon, ask yourself what would happen after a suitcase nuke goes off and kills 100,000 people? A draft would be a part of the response to the false-flag terrorists, after their next attack, whch will be exponentially larger than 9/11.


MILITARY DRAFT SYSTEM TO BE TESTED
by Kentroversy

With the Bush regime's promise to deliver more than 70,000 troops to the Middle East, a recent news report (reprinted below) spoke of a test of the military draft system; a test that has not been done since 1998, according to the Associated Press news story. It is likely that this news article is merely testing the waters, fishing for how much public support there is or is not for such a proposal. Of the military and second-amendment advocates to whom I have spoken about such an idea, all parties were in agreement -- such a plan would raise the ire of the public, and would likely trigger massive protests.

My personal feelings on this issue are thus:

The debacle which has become of the current Iraqi situation, has looked very similar to the Viet Nam mistake, and the fact of the matter is that the countries which we are currently fighting -- all have one thing in common -- oil and drugs. So, Bush and his phony war on terror -- against an enemy we cannot see and therefore cannot defeat -- is dragging tens of thousands of lower income citizens into a qaugmire quicksand war, that appears to have no way for us to win against an insurgency that is bigger and is causing far more deaths than the American news media has been reporting.

The forthcoming inevitable draft that has been on the back burner for awhile now, needs to be resisted in the most vociferous manner possible. If this is a TRIAL BALLOON as I believe it is, the American public needs to spread the word as far and wide as possible.

There will be no nuclear attack on American soil by anyone other than a small cabal of our own people -- traitors one and all.

© 2006 Kentroversy Papers
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MILITARY DRAFT SYSTEM TO BE TESTED
Associated Press
December 22, 2006


WASHINGTON - The Selective Service System is planning a comprehensive test of the military draft machinery, which hasn't been run since 1998.

The agency is not gearing up for a draft, an agency official said Thursday. The test itself would not likely occur until 2009.

Meanwhile, the secretary for Veterans Affairs said that "society would benefit" if the U.S. were to bring back the draft and that it shouldn't have any loopholes for anyone who is called to serve. VA Secretary Jim Nicholson later issued a statement saying he does not support reinstituting a draft.

The Selective Service "readiness exercise" would test the system that randomly chooses draftees by birth date and the network of appeals boards that decide how to deal with conscientious objectors and others who want to delay reporting for duty, said Scott Campbell, Selective Service director for operations and chief information officer.

"We're kind of like a fire extinguisher. We sit on a shelf" until needed, Campbell said. "Everyone fears our machine for some reason. Our machine, unless the president and Congress get together and say, 'Turn the machine on' ... we're still on the shelf."

The administration has for years forcefully opposed bringing back the draft, and the White House said Thursday that its position had not changed.

A day earlier, President Bush said he is considering sending more troops to Iraq and has asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates to look into adding more troops to the nearly 1.4 million uniformed personnel on active duty.

According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, increasing the Army by 40,000 troops would cost as much as $2.6 billion the first year and $4 billion after that. Service officials have said the Army wants to increase its force by 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and the Marine Corps would like 5,000 more troops.

The unpopular war in Iraq, where more than 2,950 American troops have already died, complicates the task of finding more recruits and retaining current troops - to meet its recruitment goals in recent years, the Army has accepted recruits with lower aptitude test scores.

In remarks to reporters in New York, Nicholson recalled his own experience as a company commander in an infantry unit that brought together soldiers of different backgrounds and education levels. He said the draft "does bring people from all quarters of our society together in the common purpose of serving."

Rep. Charles Rangel, a New York Democrat who has said minorities and the poor share an unfair burden of the war, plans to introduce a bill next year to reinstate the draft.

House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi has said that reinstating the draft would not be high on the Democratic-led Congress' priority list, and the White House said Thursday that no draft proposal is being considered.

Planning for the Selective Service exercise, called the Area Office Mobilization Prototype Exercise, is slated to begin in June or July of next year for a 2009 test. Campbell said budget cuts could force the agency to cancel the test, which he said should take place every three years but hasn't because of funding constraints.

Hearst Newspapers first reported the planned test for a story sent to its subscribers for weekend use.

The military drafted people during the Civil War and both world wars and between 1948 and 1973. An agency independent of the Defense Department, the Selective Service System was reincorporated in 1980 to maintain a registry of 18-year-old men, but call-ups have not occurred since the Vietnam War.

© 2006 Associated Press
All rights reserved. Used with permission.


Sources:

The following sources were used in the creation of this Kentroversy Paper . . .

Military Draft System to be Tested - Military.com (December 22, 2006)

Current U.S. Troop Levels in Iraq Are Unsustainable (January 9, 2004)

Current U.S. Troop Deployment (145,000)

Iraq Nam

Military Draft

Protests

War For Oil

War On Terror