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Offline dmf

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« Reply #75 on: February 07, 2006, 08:29:29 PM »
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I must have missed some major news cuz I didnt know we had troops in North Korea heh.


Oops, sorry, I meant South Korea

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« Reply #76 on: February 07, 2006, 08:59:48 PM »
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They don't have to "vote for a draft" lol...all American men 18 to 25...


Yeah, ummm...


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No one has been drafted since 1973, and it would require an act of Congress to reinstate the draft.

http://www.sss.gov/FSdraftcd.htm
So about that...



Btw, I am registered with Selective Service.  To be eligible for loans and grants from the government for college I had to register.
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« Reply #77 on: February 07, 2006, 09:23:58 PM »
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Being the second son, I won't get drafted if it ever comes to that.



Also....I think you may want to check on that. Maybe your misunderstanding that.
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« Reply #78 on: February 07, 2006, 09:28:29 PM »
Everybody's draft happy again?

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« Reply #79 on: February 07, 2006, 09:31:04 PM »
If I remember correctly, they will not draft more than one son per household. They usually draft the oldest. Since I am the youngest of two, I will not be drafted unless they come to me first.

I think...

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« Reply #80 on: February 07, 2006, 10:08:45 PM »
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
just saw the news they said Iran was gonna rusume their nuclear program
a U.S. general said we might go ahead with th military option Note this would be a coalition war on Iran


  imop They should be stoped asap
 Watching the news last few days i was thinking:  Those monkeys would nuke the whole western world for some stupid cartoons,
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« Reply #81 on: February 07, 2006, 10:26:54 PM »
Those nukes aren't powerful enough to reach the United States

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« Reply #82 on: February 07, 2006, 10:59:24 PM »
No, those missiles aren't powerful enough to reach the US.


There's a lot of misinformation going around about the Draft.  I'll address them one by one.

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Being the second son, I won't get drafted if it ever comes to that.


"The lottery would establish the priority of call based on the birth dates of registrants. The first men drafted would be those turning age 20 during the calendar year of the lottery. For example, if a draft were held in 1998, those men born in 1978 would be considered first. If a young man turns 21 in the year of the draft, he would be in the second priority, in turning 22 he would be in the third priority, and so forth until the year in which he turns 26 at which time he is over the age of liability. Younger men would not be called in that year until men in the 20-25 age group are called."


20 year olds get drafted first, then 21's, then 22's... and then 26's.  Then they go 19's, and 18's.

In the past, being in College would automatically mean you cannot be drafted.  But after the debacle and problems of Vietnam *cough CLINTON! cough*.  This is no longer a way out of the draft.
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« Reply #83 on: February 07, 2006, 11:38:07 PM »
That certainly clears that up. Thanks, mate. :)

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« Reply #84 on: February 08, 2006, 08:03:30 AM »
"In the past, being in College would automatically mean you cannot be drafted. But after the debacle and problems of Vietnam *cough CLINTON! cough*. This is no longer a way out of the draft."


 lol.   Whadda party-puppet.

 Rove matched Clintons one deferment but Cheney cashed in for five!  Four times as a student then one for paternity.

 Then again you knew that.

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« Reply #85 on: February 08, 2006, 08:19:55 AM »
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I think we learned our lesson about the draft in Vietnam. Overall, you get inferior quality troops with low morale. These take higher losses. Higher losses lead to political defeat (sans a dictatorship and "total war"), stifling and/or ending your war effort.


WWI and WWII were fought with a draft.

The problem with the draft was it was discriminitory, and people realised that during Vietnam. It took the poor and the working class while those attending college could avoid it.

Now it's a significantly different type of conscription, but the chances of it being reinstated are about as high as surviving a free fall re-entry into the atmosphere in swimming trunks.
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