I'm hearing rumors of a possible draft anyone else ?

Question

The reason i'm asking is I am 34 years old, I tried to join the Military when I was 18 (Army and Marines) but I was declined
because I had a GED Instead of a HS deploma . I never lost the desire to join.and serve my country but i think I am too old to be drafted and I still just have a GED. Any one with insight.

Answer 1

no draft yet, calm down, the military advisor said that the president should keep it in mind. Its not necessary he wont need to , the military advisor just wanted to make a point about how our nations people are joining the military less and less.

BTW u are NOT too old to be drafted, my architecture teacher is a officer and he was called upon to be part of condelizza rice's security when she was in iraq and he's in his fifties, in his case it was voluntary but just goes to show u that if ur in good shape etc. u are not too old.

Answer 2

Implementing the draft again would be political suicide for anyone in office (especially Congress). Of course the only exception would be the onslaught of WWIII, but I think a fictional Tom Clancy novel is a more realistic scenario than this happening any time soon. The U.S. Air Force is strong enough to defeat any enemy without having boots on the ground. It may cause some heavy collateral damage, but wars aren't fought as much on the ground any more.

Answer 3

if there is a draft i am not going without a fight. I am proud to be an American but i would basically be the first one to go because i am about to turn 18. I want to cheer on our military but i don't want to be in the military. This is an IF statement but if they bring back the draft that says we as America are weak and we could be attack more often. I don't wont to die serving under a man who is controlling you when you are suppose to be free.

Answer 4

There will be no draft.
We have a lot of people we don't even use in combat in our military. Recruiters are getting so many people a day joining.The only way a draft would be presented is if WW3 were to come about.
But as of Iraq? You can rest easily.

Answer 5

Yes I'm hearing rumors. I think 2 years of service would be great for everyone. It would teach job skills and life skills to people.

Answer 6

You used the two words rumour and possible!

That implies nothing concrete!!

Answer 7

YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THIS: http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/analysis/185

Not ONE Member of the Bush Extended Family Has Served in Iraq! Not One! Take a Look.
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Sun, 02/25/2007 - 7:31am. Analysis

BUSH EXTENDED FAMILY PHOTO taken January 20, 2005

Yet, not one -- not one -- of any of Bush's children or his nieces and nephews have volunteered for service in any branch of the military or volunteered to serve in any capacity in Iraq. Not one of them has felt the cause was noble enough to put his or her life on the line.

If Iraq is such an "honorable" cause, how come not one -- not one -- of Bush's extended family has joined the military to fight there? Not one.

Same for Cheney's family.

Bush and Cheney were cowards who avoided service in Vietnam, sending other men to die for them. Now, they've made elitist craven "warmongering" a family affair.

They are frauds who send off the children of other American families to die in one of their many delusional "fiascos." And then they mistreat the wounded veterans, after not giving them sufficient protective gear to begin with.

It's the treason borne of men who personally lack the courage of their convictions.

It is like playing millionaire's poker with someone else's money and doubling down after a series of non-stop losses -- only this involves the children of Americans needlessly dying -- as well as the children of Iraqis.

This is a crime of cowards.

And there are grandparents and parents dying in Iraq too -- our reservist GIs -- so the Cheney girls aren't too old to serve, either, not to mention Jeb's children and the Bush twins.

Put your lives where your mouths are -- and take Sean Hannity and all the age-eligible propagandists at FOX News with you.

Remember, not one -- not one -- of the vast Bush dynasty members has served in Iraq, let alone even join the military during the "War on Terror." Not one.
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uch a big family!
Submitted by Janejane on Sun, 02/25/2007 - 9:41am.

Such a big family, too little time to actually commit to what they want the rest of us to do. Shame on them. They started the battle, they should show their patriotism by enlisting in the armed services. Show us not by word, but by deed. (guess they never heard of this). You would think at least one or two of them would have the courage of their convictions to enlist. Prince Harry has done the honorable thing, now we should have good examples from our heads of state.


The author did not call Bush & Co. cowards for not volunteering to go to Iraq. He called them cowards for making others go do something that they themselves are too afraid to do. As the old soldier's saying goes, "Let's you and him go fight."
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@ EarthMother
Submitted by felbie on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 11:20am.

While I do agree with you, I did not notice anything in the article where he called their family cowards for not being in this war. He called Bush and Cheney cowards because of Vietnam. I did not feel that he was insisting or that this could have even implied that any body that is not a part of this war is a coward.
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Not One...
Submitted by nancycaskey on Mon, 02/26/2007 - 7:43pm.

Love the family portrait. It is great. Love Bush. He rocks.
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No Bush enlistments
Submitted by EarthMother on Mon, 02/26/2007 - 9:10am.

Buzzflash, Honestly, I read your emails devotedly but mostly I am very frustrated with something you do not hear nor see. OF COURSE there are no Bush children enlisting! They SPEND the profits of war, not EARN them!

Look, Bush told us ALL, during the debates with Al Gore, that he was intending to "make more money than he ever could possibly dream", that it was "time America SHOW THE WORLD and flex her military might!", and that there was a axis of terror- a dubious list including Iraq and Iran!

When you speak of his family being COWARDS you are telling your readers that only COWARDS don't fight in Bush's wars! I KNOW that is not the message you are trying to send. You also make fools of yourselves by calling them STUPID because if mere stupidity were what we were up against, wouldn't we be the STUPID ONES for not being able to stop them?

Look, this is a well-planned and instituted agenda to literally TAKE OVER THE WORLD by controlling the oil, and take all the MONEY! When they have, as Grover Norquist promised the Neo-Cons would, "shrunk government until (they) can drown it in the bathtub!" we will live at the mercy of the Company store- how do you like the sound of one nation, under Halliburton?

Stupid is easy to deal with and if only we were dealing with stupidity this would all be a moot issue. Duh! So, please, wise up! This is about the profits of war, the dissolution of OUR government, and the raping of all that we have as resources... AS A NATION!

And stop saying it is cowardice to NOT SERVE IN BUSH'S WARS! ONLY A STUPID HEAD WOULD THINK IT WAS WISE!

Sincerely, One Earthmother
9-11? Don't be fooled... Bush did it!

Answer 8

check goarmy.com...they've changed the standards and are looking for YOU...go get 'em kid!