Draft Age

[Nite Owl]

What age does it go up to? It was 26 was that raised?

[Dying Eagle]

1. I'm 24...

and i will go to jail first.... as for your queston IDK...

[ashmanonar]

6. yea, i'd rather sit in a prison cell than in a war zone.

the prisons would be pretty crowded tho. i have a feeling there's a LOT of people who don't want any part of this war, more than we think. cowards, patriots, whatever. we will make it a chore, if not impossible, for them to hold us.

so when the us collapses when there is nothing being grown, nothing being produced, noone buying anything bc they're in prison camps...the repubs wouldn't have a country left to control.

[Sandpiper]

2. I don't think that's changed

I think the only difference this time will be boys and girls getting drafted.

[Mockingbird]

4. And the boy scouts are getting nervous, too...

They are already rotating women into combat zones quietly.

[Mockingbird]

3. If you're breathing...

We'll find out soon enough, I guess.

Recruitment quotas being what they are, a draft is on the horizon.
They're finally SAYING that permanent bases MAY be necessary, unless the current enlistees are indentured forever - they will need to be spelled.

... Petroleum Patriots.

This is about grabbing the mideast oil before anyone else does.
Yet, not any word about conserving resources. A round of SUVs for everyone.

[eaprez]

5. ...but they are reactivating a lot of people a heck of a lot older than...

..that!

[Nite Owl]

7. A friend of mines

cousin was called back from the reserves. He is 50 and going to Iraq.

[Nite Owl]

8. This is the article

that made me wonder if it had been changed.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/171522_draft01.html


The proposal, which the agency's acting Director Lewis Brodsky presented to senior Pentagon officials just before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, also seeks to extend the age of draft registration to 34 years old, up from 25.

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"In line with today's needs, the Selective Service System's structure, programs and activities should be re-engineered toward maintaining a national inventory of American men and, for the first time, women, ages 18 through 34, with an added focus on identifying individuals with critical skills," the agency said in a Feb. 11, 2003, proposal presented to senior Pentagon officials.



This is really scarey stuff. Doesn't seem to have gone anywhere but they are ready.

[amazona]

9. don't know, it's scary

I'm afraid to re-train in any health field and I'm in my 40s!

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[Nite Owl]

10. My sons are

23 and 20. This literally keeps me up at night. They will have to shoot me first to get to them.

[adwon]

11. I keep hearing

the range will 18-34 in general and up to 40+ for specialists.