With the escaIation of violence in the Middle East, I fear that we will be expanding our war in to other countries (Iran, Syria, etc.). This will require additional troops. I'm afraid the draft is coming! I want to know every available legal means to keep my 17 year old son from going to war.
2006-07-21 02:02:16 · 12 answers · asked by Jim R 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
How do you expect anybody to be able to answer this question?
Congress would have to pass a law implementing a draft - and this law would have the details of how it would be implemented.
Until this happens you are asking us to speculate on the details of a law that nobody is even contemplating.
2006-07-21 02:31:21 · answer #1 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is not going to be a draft. And if there is, I don't think the government will make the same discriminatory choices it made last time where they allowed the rich kids to be exempt. While it may have been the best thing that ever happened to colleges in America, it was the most disgusting display of 'protecting our own' that this country has ever seen. Why should someone in college be any different than someone who decided to be a mechanic? Why should the son (we'll call him Georgie) of a government official be sent to hide out in Alabama during the war while other people are sent into the actual war zone?
Theforce51, I love your answer!
2006-07-21 09:18:24 · answer #2 · answered by Salem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some were deferred during the Viet Nam era, and some weren't. It depended on who you knew. I'm sure it will be the same if the draft is reborn. It wasn't fair then, and won't be fair now. That's just one reason why many young men were "draft dodgers" and went to Canada. I was deferred for one year of college, and then drafted for Viet Nam the following year, even though my grades were good. I didn't know the right people, so I was sacrificed.
2006-07-21 09:22:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the students GPA. If a student isn't holding up his end of the deferment, the MP's will come up to the class he's in and yank him out, in front of God and everyone.
Seriously, they will be warned if their grades aren't kept up, and if they fail to improve, it's off to boot camp, for them. That is, if the draft is re-instated.
2006-07-21 09:39:55 · answer #4 · answered by briang731/ bvincent 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then don't just vote for Democrats. Work in the campaign and give money.
And if that doesn't work, send him to college in Canada before the draft notices come out.
2006-07-21 09:06:27 · answer #5 · answered by wmp55 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask all the politicians in Congress if their kids are fighting for freedom?Come up here to Canada ,we will embrace you with open arms because we actually live in a democracy unlike the U.S. who preaches it but removes it when convenient ,with Patriot Acts. If all other avenues fail, feel free to contact me and I and my family will give your son a place of refuge .
2006-07-21 09:16:58 · answer #6 · answered by theforce51 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people who was in school use to be an exception to the rule on drafting for the service. Exemptions used to be given also if it was your only son.
2006-07-21 09:06:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They may change (if they haven't already) the rules regarding student deferment.
Which is funny, considering the deferrements Bush, Cheney et al. got during Vietnam.
2006-07-21 09:06:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If'n you'd be a Bush, Clinton, or Rockerfella ya'll
kin get a deferment. If'n not it is all up to yer voten prowess of the folk up Washington DC way.
them that has, gets. them that don't have, gets @#$%^ed.
PS. Blessings on force51
2006-07-21 10:01:27 · answer #9 · answered by The Stranger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
college students can request a deferment, but that only lasts until they graduate. After that they are fair game.
2006-07-21 16:29:32 · answer #10 · answered by The_moondog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋