It is no longer a question of "if," but "when." In time, the United States will without a doubt begin military operations in Iran. Just yesterday I witnessed three men on TV news networks guarantee a coming war in Iran. Of course the Bush Admin. are using their good old trick: weapons of mass destruction. They claim that Iran's nuclear power plants could be converted into facilities in which WMD's can be made. "It is our judgment that Iran is developing nuclear weapons and a nuclear weapons program, and we'll all have to take note of this." -Colin Powell Recently, the United States used its puppet, Israel, to threaten boming raids on Iranian nuclear plants. Iranian spokesman Seyed Masood Jazayeri explained that, "The United States is showing off by threatening to use its wild dog, Israel, to attack Iran, but our reaction will be so harsh that Israel will be wiped off the face of the earth and U.S. interests will be easily damaged." Unfortunately, with Iran will come a draft. There is simply no doubt about it. With troop numbers in Iraq remaining at at least 100,000, a second front cannot be fought without an additional number of troops generated by a large-scale draft. Journalist Ted Rall explains what a war in Iran would mean for the US: Iran's military could keep us bogged down indefinitely, à la Vietnam. It has a combined active-duty troop strength of 600,000; reserves bring the total to a million. They have a respectable navy, and least 300 fighter jets. A vast nation the size of Texas, California and Montana combined, Iran is nearly four times the size of Iraq with twice its population, living on mountainous, harsh terrain. Iranians fighting a U.S.-backed Iraqi invasion during the '80s fought ferociously, which suggests that an American expeditionary force would be met by similarly passionate resistance. The American military, already stretched thin and forced to "call back" reservists to fight in Iraq, would probably have to go ahead with contingency plans to bring back a large-scale draft next year. At least a half-million conscripts would be needed for a fight that would likely drag on for years. Hundreds of billions of dollars would be spent on hardware and weaponry, not to mention lining the pockets of Administration-connected war profiteers. War against Iran could easily push us into the abyss of economic and moral bankruptcy. The draft would prompt tens of thousands of young American men to flee. It would push out of the community of nations once and for all. All the young boys had better pack up their bags in they plan on staying out of this one. http://www.freespeech.org/fsitv/fscm2/contentviewer.php?content_id=927
I was thinking more along the lines of um... something else. The Bush admin calls it "The Volunteer for America program", where you get a guaranteed free college education, at any college you want, if you go fight for them. Or something like this... I believe, and I think they know this, that the rest of America that already hasnt will turn its back on this admin if they call it a draft. But expect something of the sort...
I know. This is all freaking me out! My son turns 18 y.o. and graduates from high school this year! I am keeping a very close watch on this threat. Bush is such a warmonger! F...ing Bush! Savannah
What makes me wonder is if Canada will hold up their part of NAFTA [not harbour draft doggers] even though Bush put a ban on our beef, and softwood...if they do institute a draft and not a "come die for free college" then i suggest Canada...
i have 3 years to worry about being drafted. how long do you think the war would last? would it be one of those..afganistans or like a vietnam?
No... be proud with whatcha got... And use the thing with caution for damn sure. You might put an eye out... er.. well, that mostly goes with the use of a penis. Disregard that all vagina-possessors...
Oh damn, I forgot this was a political thread. You're not supposed to say "penis vagina". Everything is an "if" at this stage, correct? How are you sure we'd be going to "war" with Iran?
1] Bush is a lunitic 2] you cant be sure what he is ever thinking 3] is he ever thinking? 4]look at iraq, he [all these 'he's are basically the admin.] will make stuff up for it, if all else fails... like i said, come to Canada...its fun here
if there is a draft all the hippies need to re0unite and start a second movement. This is very similar to what happened in the vietnam war