Slick new web sites promoting THE DRAFT

[TexasLawyer]

Are we starting to see the warm-up acts meant to soften up the American public for the impending draft? This one looks professionally done and it isn't selling anything, except the patriotic nature of involuntary military conscription.


http://www.allianceforsecurity.org/draft

The Draft
For the first time in a generation,
we’re facing the real possibility of a draft.
Get educated before your number is up.


Get The Straight Story About The Draft
“America can remain the world's superpower.

Or it can maintain its current all-volunteer military.

It can't do both.”

--Washington Monthly


READ "The Case for the Draft" from the Washington Monthly for an excellent account of the manpower crisis facing the US military.

AFS Resources on the draft

Debunking the Myths: Getting the Draft Story Straight
The Draft: Plain and Simple

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http://www.thisisrumorcontrol.org/node/2075

And, from a link on that site, here's a blog entry from someone named "Mother" who thinks that conscription will improve the military.

Yesterday and today's editions (of Legal Affairs magazine's "Debate Club," on "Should the Draft be Brought Back?" are quite interesting as they get to the core issue -- would a draft improve the quality of the US military? To be certain, Carter isn't advocating just a return to the draft but the creation of a universal service program for college-bound young adults. I agree with Carter that the quality of new recruits will increase simply because the pool from which they are drawn represents a greater cross-section of individuals.

[cestpaspossible]

1. I think you are misreading their intentions

The Alliance for Security is a program of Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, an international humanitarian organization that has been addressing the causes, conduct and consequences of war through programs of advocacy and service for victims of conflict around the world for over twenty years.

from the webpage:http://www.allianceforsecurity.org/about

[laugle]

2. Hey tex, did you used to

or maybe still go on a poltical chat room with the same name? I think we have chatted before, my name was lauratpp?

[wakeme2008]

3. I like Draft your Friends page

http://www.allianceforsecurity.org/draftcard

Now to get some Freeper email addy :)