If Bush Wins, Women Will be Drafted Too!!

Guard your daughters before Bush gives them the Draft:

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/alert/?alertid=5834001&content_dir=ua_congressorg

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.

 

Damn you and your multiple posting, may you never again find matching socks when such is needed.

 

Women wanted equal rights... I think being forced in to a war is wrong for women AND men..

 

I emailed them with my opinions on how Bush is a dick and I hope he loses... I will take this protest as far as I can go-- Its to late to do anything about the men being forced to war... But I can at least try to stop this from happining..

 

Well, if Canada isn't an option, there's always Mexico...

 

well i think that like equal rights...

but i dont think they should be a draft at all

and like AutumnAuburn said i also say, theyres always Canada,

if i got drafted id run away to an island or Mexico or somewhere way away....i cant kill or do anything to help it.. its not possible for me to do..

 

No, Canada signed an agreement not to harbor draft dodgers. They'll be checking your ID at the border. Of course if you want to sneak into Canada and work off the Canadian books, I guess that would be ok.

Luckily for me, if I ever got drafted the army could put me to much better use behind a computer screen than on the battlefield, so I wouldn't have to worry about combat.

 

My biggest issue with being drafted comes from seeing how America treats its veterans.

 

Bush's next oil venture?

http://icasualties.org/oif/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,956255,00.html

http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Pfc. Rachel K. Bosveld 19
527th Military Police Company, V Corps
Waupun, Wisconsin
Killed during a mortar attack on the Abu Ghraib Police Station in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 26, 2003


Pfc. Analaura Esparza Gutierrez
21
4th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division
Houston, Texas
Killed when the convoy she was in was attacked with an improvised explosive device and rocket-propelled grenades in Tikrit, Iraq, on October 1, 2003


Spc. Tyanna S. Felder
22
296th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Died in Balad, Iraq, on April 7, 2004, of injuries sustained on April 4 when her convoy vehicle was hit with an improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq


Pfc. Nichole M. Frye
19
Company A, 415th Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve
Lena, Wisconsin
Killed when an improvised explosive device struck her convoy in Baqubah, Iraq, on February 16, 2004


Pfc. Melissa J. Hobart
22
Company E, 215th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division
Ladson, South Carolina
Died after collapsing while on guard duty in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 6, 2004


Sgt. Keicia M. Hines
27
108th Military Police Company, 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne)
Citrus Heights, California
Died when she was struck by a vehicle on Mosul Airfield in Mosul, Iraq, on January 14, 2004


Fern L. Holland
33
Department of the Army civilian assigned to the Coalition Provisional Authority
Holland, a lawyer, was killed when gunmen posing as Iraqi police officers stopped her vehicle at a makeshift checkpoint near Hillah, Iraq, on March 9, 2004.


Pfc. Leslie D. Jackson
18
A Company, 115th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division
Richmond, Virginia
Killed when her military vehicle hit an improvised explosive device as it was returning to Camp Eagle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 20, 2004


Pfc. Karina S. Lau
20
16th Signal Battalion
Livingston, California
Lau was aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter when it crashed near Fallujah, Iraq, on November 2, 2003


Spc. Alyssa R. Peterson
27
311th Military Intelligence Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Flagstaff, Arizona
Died of wounds received from a non-combat weapons discharge on September 15, 2003, in Telafar, Iraq


Pfc. Lori Piestewa
22
507th Maintenance Company, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
Tuba City, Arizona
Killed when her convoy was ambushed on March 23, 2003, near Nasiriya

 

if you get pregnant.. they won't draft you. of course, that's not a good reason to have a child, but just a thought.

also, religious reasons won't work anymore. which is dumb. if you don't believe in the war (or any wars) why do they want you? i would think you'd be less help than all those eager to murder.

 

I'm for the draft. If someone is willing to live in and love the country, then that very someone should be willing to defend her as well!

 

what are we defending her against?

 

But there is a difference between defending the COUNTRY, and defending the country's political or financial interests. WW2 was the last war fought against forces that posed a direct threat to the COUNTRY. In the event of a war to defend the COUNTRY, you wouldn't NEED a draft, as there would likely be more volunteers than the armed forces would be able to use.

Every war the US has fought since has been in defense of political ideology or financial interests. In the case of Bush's crusade in Iraq, it is being fought to line the pockets of defense contractors and oil companies. Iraq posed no threat to the US, and drafting people of either gender to kill or die defending the profits of US corporations is about the worst form of slavery there could be. Fortunately, as the latest war for capitalism grinds on, more and more people are figuring out what's up, and recruitment into the military is hitting bottom FAST. If the corporatocracy wants a steady stream of cannonfodder, a draft is going to be the only way to get it. And instututing a draft might be enough to wake up the critical mass of people to put an end to not only the current war, but the corporate system that PRODUCES these wars.

 

You are entitled to your opinion, Ellis. As wrong as it is, you are still entitled.

 

HIPPIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

uh! i'm not an "iraqi terrorist"

 

Who said you were? Are you a feeling a little guilty? Let's talk.

 

Bug man, you haven't answered any questions or proven anyone wrong. You are just another full-of-shit republican.

Why should any American woman have to get pregnant to avoid the draft?!
It is obvious that since republicans took over that we are moving in the wrong direction.

Vote Bush out!!! http://www.johnkerry.com

 

well that's who they are fighting. and i'm a hippie and you want to fight me...

 

...and you, my friend are just another know-it-all that jumps to conclusions with no insight or forethought. I'm democrat and proud as hell to be able to defend the place where I live and that I love. So pull your liberal, closed minded, judgemental pea brain out of yer hippy ass and join our sentiment, won't you?