Selective services wants to draft women AND up the draft age to 34

Taken from HERE

U.S. eyes proposal to draft women

WASHINGTON—The chief of the U.S. Selective Service System has proposed registering women for the military draft and requiring that young Americans regularly inform the government about whether they have training in niche specialties needed in the armed services.

The proposal, which the agency\'s acting director Lewis Brodsky presented to senior Pentagon officials just before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, also seeks to extend the age of draft registration to 34, up from 25.

The issue of a renewed draft has gained attention because of concern that U.S. military forces are stretched thin because of worldwide commitments.

Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist strikes, U.S. forces have fought and won two wars, have established a major military presence in Afghanistan and Iraq and are now taking on peacekeeping duties in Haiti.

The plan, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, highlights the extent to which agency officials have planned for an expanded military draft in case the administration and Congress authorize one in the future.

"In line with today\'s needs, the Selective Service System\'s structure, programs and activities should be re-engineered toward maintaining a national inventory of American men and, for the first time, women, ages 18 through 34, with an added focus on identifying individuals with critical skills," the agency said in a Feb. 11, 2003, proposal presented to Pentagon officials.

The agency acknowledged that they would have "to market the concept" of a female draft to Congress, which would have to authorize such a step.

Agency spokesperson Dan Amon said the Pentagon has taken no action on the proposal.

"These ideas were only being floated for department of defence consideration," Amon said.

He described the proposal as "food for thought" for contingency planning.

It is a proposal - doesn\'t mean it will happen.  Shouldn\'t this be in CE?

The Star?

Apparently Canada knows our news before we do

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bottom line..don\'t get involved in wars that involve personal vendettas or doesn\'t include the u.s. at all & all is well...

More importantly, even if we do, dont lie and spin the truth to justify all of it.

You guys figure out a plan to build a wall or a forcefield around us then I\'m with ya.

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^^^sorry the best i can come up with was the star wars project..that was a defensive weapon i was highly fond of..too bad our russian comrades didn\'t like that & so the project got scrapped (spel)..i would\'ve built that thing anyway..something like that gave the u.s. a huge advantage over anybody...guess that would\'ve triggered some type of arms war tho...so at the the time i think they (u.s.) were not tryin to go down that route...

Originally posted by Ace
You guys figure out a plan to build a wall or a forcefield around us then I\'m with ya.

It\'s called starwars, but that doesnt work that well

Originally posted by Ace
You guys figure out a plan to build a wall or a forcefield around us then I\'m with ya.

I wasn\'t even going to respond to these two rocket scientists... thanks for the favor Ace.

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ignorant people destroy what they don\'t understand (u.s blowing up shit & cities)...maybe if the u.s. took the time to understand one\'s culture they wouldn\'t find themselves in the situation they are in...911 was a bulidup of years of frustration from countries in the arab world that feel they were being treated unfairly by the u.s. policies..don\'t start with all the unpatriotic crap i know full well that some in the arab world use this as an excuse to do foul s**t and even if the u.s. did do something to further understand their culture..these madmen would still find an excuse for jihad..

if everybody is so worried about s**t comin over to these shores i feel bad for you...now i don\'t wish anything like that would happen over here either..but other countries deal with that stuff on a daily basis & it\'s not just 3rd world countries...whenever there\'s a tragedy over here i do believe it\'s sad but americans act like they can\'t get over s**t they take it too over the top....if you take the time to look into the history of one\'s culture you may find out some of the answers you seek as to why such an event took place..


*this doesn\'t apply to all situations as some tragedys just involve sick madmen*

Originally posted by clips



*this doesn\'t apply to all situations as some tragedys just involve sick madmen*

Thats what some often seem to forget