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...current of campaign politics whirls and eddies around the military service of the candidates, the ongoing conflict in Iraq—already raising specters of Vietnam—has resurrected yet another ghost of that era: the military draft. Specifically, focus has suddenly been thrown to the Universal National Service Act of 2003 (HR163), which, among other things, could be used to reinstate a military draft. Despite gaining its notoriety for that possibility, HR163 isn’t merely a “draft” at all. It’s a plan for indentured servitude to the President...
HR163 has some people ready to run for the borders mostly because the legislation would require two years of mandatory “national service,” which could be required as active duty in the uniformed services. In other words “the draft...
Unfortunately, we would be lucky if that’s all it was. This bill is anything but a simple reinstatement of the draft that was used in previous decades. The most notable difference is that the “national service” requirement must be fulfilled by all men and women between the ages of 18 and 26, and while there are non-military positions, all service must be deemed to “promote the national defense.” Moreover, the only deferments or postponements allowed will be for full-time high school students, or those...
...general and permanent laws of the U.S. known as the United States Code. It is the Military Selective Service Act that lays out the terms and procedures for compulsory military service that were used from World War II to Vietnam. HR163, if passed, would reopen the possibility of a draft by removing the end date on mandatory induction into the armed forces that was originally set at July 1, 1973. Other portions of the Act would be modified to remove the gender specificity of certain nouns, so that women could be included in the service program...
...political process, an increased responsibility also falls to our nation’s politicians. In return for young Americans’ demonstration of commitment to the political process, the candidates need to publicly and directly address issues that appeal to younger voters, including college tuition support and the military draft. But politicians also need to spell out in plainer terms how today’s complex decisions about taxes and social security funding will ultimately affect the up-and-coming generation’s tax burden in the future...