Hijexx wrote:
] The community draft boards that became notorious for
] sending reluctant young men off to Vietnam have languished
] sinced the early 1970s, their membership ebbing and their
] purpose all but lost when the draft was ended. But a few weeks
] ago, on an obscure federal Web site devoted to the war on
] terrorism, the Bush administration quietly began a public
] campaign to bring the draft boards back to life. Especially
] for those who were of age to fight in the Vietnam, it is an
] ominous flashback of a message. Even floating the idea of a
] draft in the months before an election would be politically
] explosive, and the Pentagon last week was adamant that the
] push to staff up the draft boards is not a portent of things
] to come. Increasingly, however, military experts and even some
] influential members of Congress are suggesting that if Defense
] Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's prediction of a "long, hard slog"
] in Iraq and Afghanistan proves accurate, the U.S. may have no
] choice but to consider a draft to fully staff the nation's
] military in a time of global instability.
]
] ...
]
] Even among those who think the public might support a draft,
] few believe Bush would dare to propose it before the
] November 2004 election. "It would highlight the cost of
] an imperial foreign policy, add an incendiary issue to the
] already emotional protests, and further split the
] limited-government conservatives." But despite the Pentagon's
] denials, planners there are almost certainly weighing the
] numbers just as independent military experts are. And that
] could explain the willingness to tune up the draft
] machinery.
]
] ...
]
] Not unless his victory has already been decided.

Oh please people... do WHATEVER it takes to get this idiot out of office next year!

RE: Oiling up the draft machine?