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Subject: The 2005 Draft (Men and Women) 18-26
>
>
>Dear all,
>I just received this email from a friend. I thought that you might want to
>know
>about this.
>Mandatory draft for boys and girls (ages 18-26) starting June 15, 2005, is
>something that everyone should know about. This literally effects everyone
>since
>we all have or know children that will have to go if this bill passes.
>There is pending legislation in the house and senate (companion bills: S89
>and
>HR 163) which will time the program's initiation so the draft can begin as
>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. Details and
>links
>follow. This plan, among other things, eliminates higher education as a
>shelter
>and includes women in the draft. Also, crossing into Canada has already
>been made very difficult.
>
>Actions:
>
>Please send this on to all the parents and teachers you know, and all the
>aunts
>and uncles, grandparents, godparents. . .
>And let your children know - - it's their future, and they can be a
>powerful
>voice for change!
>
>This legislation is called
>HR 163
>and can be found in detail l at this website:
>
>
>http://thomas.loc.gov/
>
>Just enter in "HR 163" and click search and will bring up the bill for you
>to
>read. It is less than two pages long.
>
>If this bill passes, it will include all men and ALL WOMEN from ages 18 -
>26 in
>a draft for military action. In addition,
>college will no longer be an option
>for avoiding the draft
>
>and they will be signing an
>agreement with the Canada which will no longer
>permit anyone attempting to dodge the draft to stay within it's borders.
>This
>bill also includes the extension of military service for all those that are
>currently active. If you go to the select service web site and read their
>2004
>FYI Goals you will see that the reasoning for this is to increase the size
>of
>the military in case of terrorism. This is a critical piece of legislation,
>this
>will effect our undergraduates, our children and our grandchildren.
>Please take the time to write your congressman and let them know how you
>feel
>about this legislation.
>www.house.gov www.senate.gov
>Please also write to your representatives and ask them why they aren't
>telling
>their constituents about these bills and write to newspapers and other
>media
>outlets to ask them why they're not covering this important story.
>
>The draft $28 million has been added to the 2004 selective service system
>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 www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html
>to view the Selective Service System
>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 permanent state of war on terrorism) proves accurate, the
>U.S.
>may have no choice but to draft.
>
>www.hslda.org/legislation/national/2003/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." Th ese 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.
>
>What to do: Tell your friends, Contact your legislators and ask them to oppose these bills Just type "congress" into the aol search engine and input your zip code. A list of your reps will pop up with a way to email them directly. We can't just sit and pretend that by ignoring it, it will go away. We must voice our concerns and create the world we want to live in for our children and grandchildren.