Is this a draft?

Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071027/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq_embassy

†AlliesF – You should probably try to star in a porno first.

“I would bleed on the American flag just to make sure those red stripes stay red.”

corning – you look and sound like a gay leprechaun.

Answer 1

Thanks for the information!

Not exactly but sure does sound like a first step towards it.

Answer 2

I really don't like war but this is a war that is critical for America and if there was ever a need for me to fight for my country, I would go. And I have no doubt those called to serve in the Iraq right now due to the lack of volunteers most likely feel the same way.

I would bleed on the American flag just to make sure those red stripes stay red.

*edit* Why would I want to star in a porno? That makes no sense. And I read the full article. It's not necessarily a draft but one could think that way.

Well...I would man. To make sure that flag is protected which defines freedom and democracy. But let's hope that doesn't happen in the near future.

Answer 3

Draft between the ears? more like a large empty vacuum :-P

There is no connection to the military what so ever just a case of scaremongering.

"The move to directed assignments is rare but not unprecedented.

In 1969, an entire class of entry-level diplomats was sent to Vietnam, and on a smaller scale, diplomats were required to work at various embassies in West Africa in the 1970s and 1980s.

More than 1,200 of the department's 11,500 Foreign Service officers have served in Iraq since 2003, but the generous incentives have not persuaded enough diplomats to volunteer for duty in Baghdad or with the State Department's provincial reconstruction teams."

Answer 4

It is no more a draft than General Motors telling an executive that he is being transfered from the St Louis, MO plant to the Mesa, AZ proving grounds.

Answer 5

This is not a draft. Nobody was forced to join the Department of State.

They have a choice of if they want to keep thier jobs or not.

Here is an example using your thought, whould it be a draft if Microsoft forced you to go to Detroit to keep your job? What if Microsoft said you had to go to India to keep your job? Its no different.

Answer 6

Guess the other answerer's didn't look at your site.
I don't see how this even comes close to a draft. It is a reassignment. They already work for the government, and there is a need in Iraq. They go or lose their job. Just like Chevron sending a crew 300 miles off the Aleutian Chain to test for future drilling. They refuse to go, then they can go look for another job.
Not like the government is pulling people off the street and sending them to Iraq.

Answer 7

It must be sad to be you. Have you requested professional help in dealing with your reading comprehension disability?
DRAFT deals with filling the U.S. MILITARY ranks. No where in that article does it say ANYTHING about MILITARY.
The U.S. STATE DEPARTEMENT is staffed by CIVILIANS. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. Not MILITARY.

Those are CIVILIAN GOV'T EMPLOYEES given the 'opportunity' to work in Iraq.

(USN, retired...and a bit smarter than you, it seems)

Answer 8

What a bunch of morons. The article is about federal employees of the State department being forced to wok in Iraq. It has nothing to do with soldiers or going in the military, the draft or selective services. If these people don't want to go to Iraq they can just quit their jobs, which I'm sure many of them will do.

The only draft in this case is between these answerers ears.

Answer 9

Doesn't sound like a draft to me. It sounds like civilian employees being required to do what they are paid for.

You may formulate insult now.