If you want to place blame for the Selective Service and their objectives of
being prepared in case the US needs to reinstate the draft, you need to go
back to Jimmy Carter. "The registration requirement was suspended in April
1975. It was resumed again in 1980 by President Carter in response to the
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Registration continues today as a hedge
against underestimating the number of servicemen needed in a future crisis.
" http://www.sss.gov/backgr.htm






"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
But you do agree that it when you were upset about Bush trying to
reinstall
the draft you were mistaken, it was really the democrats, and one of them
is
from your state.




See previous post. The draft has always been there. Got any grown sons?
Remember their 18th birthday? The bill would merely require that your
daughters
register too, and that most non-medical exemptions would be eliminated.

Why not do an experiment? Check out the
selective service dot org web site. The first page you see will have a big
disclaimer "Relax! No draft has been ordered!". But keep going. Go to the
strategic goals for 2004. Happy reading.