Selective Service website crashed by people worrying about being drafted to fight in Iran war

[RandySF]

President Donald Trump’s assassination of Iranian General Qassim Suleimani has young men in America worried about being drafted for a new war in the Middle East, The New York Times reported Saturday.

Federal law requires all men aged 18 to 25 to register with the Selective Service System, but there has not been a draft since 1973.

“Historically, only men have been eligible for the draft. But the question of whether to register women has gained traction in recent years, as women have taken on broader roles within the military,” The Times noted. “In 2015, the Pentagon opened up all combat jobs to women. Last year, a federal judge in Houston ruled that excluding women from the draft was unconstitutional.”

The newspaper said fears of a new war are “spiking anxiety among many Americans.”


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/selective-service-website-crashed-by-people-worrying-about-being-drafted-to-fight-in-iran-war/

[ck4829]

1. Oh no, how horrible that a military boosting site crashed. How... horrible...

[hlthe2b]

2. How horrible that Americans are panicked by Trump's incompetence, criminality and total disregard

for THEIR lives?

There is reason for them to be concerned. Do you doubt Trump WOULD call for a draft if necessary to fight his ego-driven illegal war?

[ck4829]

3. It's good they are concerned, I'm not mourning the site is down though

I've been almost literally saying since day 1 that we need to promote counter-recruitment.

Now is the time to crank it out to the max.

[former9thward]

4. It is sad that people don't know we have not had a draft since 1972.

48 years... No one is going to call for a draft. Not Trump, not Democrats, not Republicans, not the military. It is not necessary for ANY scenario that could possibly happen. In order for a draft to be re-instated there would have to be a consensus by both parties. In today's political environment there would not be a consensus for Santa Claus or the Eastern Bunny.

[hlthe2b]

6. I know full well. I also know to never say "never"... especially with the Trump cultists.

Ironically, it might be THOSE concerns that would knock some sense into some of his rabid supporters.

[Xolodno]

7. Careful....

...if IMPOTUS asked for a draft, Ghram would write the bill himself. And the rest of the GOP in the Senate will goosestep to approve. Thank God we have the house.

[former9thward]

8. He is not going to.

A fantasy. It is not needed in any scenario. The military does not want it. Only people who have not been in the military think a draft is possible in today's reality.

[Tipperary]

5. And the media is hyping those fears.

As usual, rump is playing the media like a fiddle. Smh.