I doubt there is anyone here in this forum who hasn't heard my rant against the US military about not keeping promises. My son's enlistment will be up in only days now. So, will he be coming back from Iraq? Of course not. Catch-22 gives the Army the claim to keep him on active duty for another two years, until November 2006. And before anyone says he didn't read the fine print...I had to sign too as he was only 17. The recruiter said it was only a technicality. They would never extend his enlistment. Yeah, right. And only God knows how long he and his unit and all those other soldiers and marines will remain in Iraq.
That is called a back-door draft. Here is another and scarier version. People returned to civilian life have been and are continuing to be "called-up" under the so-called ready reserve. Most of these individuals didn't know they WERE considered Individual Ready Reserve. One of the arguments made in the recent presidential election was that Bush in his second term would make continued demands on these former military members. Bush says there will be no military draft as long as he is president. We have a "volunteer army" and it will stay that way. So, did he forget about these thousands of non-volunteers? If it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck and quacks like a duck.....
MSNBC's Deborah Norville did a story about the IRR Tuesday evening and on Wednesday evening, Chris Matthews will discuss the issue on Hardball.
Back Door Draft
Back Door Draft - Hardball
Does this make anyone else as mad as it makes me? And just how long will potential IRR's called up say, "Hell no, we won't go?"
That is called a back-door draft. Here is another and scarier version. People returned to civilian life have been and are continuing to be "called-up" under the so-called ready reserve. Most of these individuals didn't know they WERE considered Individual Ready Reserve. One of the arguments made in the recent presidential election was that Bush in his second term would make continued demands on these former military members. Bush says there will be no military draft as long as he is president. We have a "volunteer army" and it will stay that way. So, did he forget about these thousands of non-volunteers? If it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck and quacks like a duck.....
MSNBC's Deborah Norville did a story about the IRR Tuesday evening and on Wednesday evening, Chris Matthews will discuss the issue on Hardball.
Back Door Draft
Back Door Draft - Hardball
Does this make anyone else as mad as it makes me? And just how long will potential IRR's called up say, "Hell no, we won't go?"
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