i was going to say pretty much the same thing UtahteX said, all those links are useless

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There will be no draft unless we are directly invaded.

Even if Bush wanted to do it, he would never do it. It would be political suicide for him and anyone that supported him.

I know liberals are crossing their fingers and hoping for this to happen. Sorry to disappoint you all =(

So everyone who won presidency through electorial votes stole the elections??? That means that our system is all wrong because you don't like it and because you said so...dang it...we should change it on your behalf...I take it you are used to things going you way? Great logic, oh wait no it isn't...but then again you never use logic just hate and bitterness...sore loser much?

Wait a minute...are you emailing us from Iraq? No? Then shaddup!

According to johnkerry.com, Mr. Kerry wants to add $400,000 troops to the military. How do you expect he will accomplish this? The only thing I can come up with is the DRAFT.

This administration already has it. Its called the back door draft. That is when a reservist or guard member has served their 8 years military obligation,and have served in Iraq,Afganastan etc. Returned back to the world, then get called back to active duty to go back over to fight bush's war. Thats gotta SUCK bigtime. VOTE THE SON OF A bush OUT!!!!!!

neither is President Bush, nor JohnKerry.

Unfortuantely, two Democratic Senators have taken steps to propose re-enactment of the draft in an effort to throw fear into the hearts and minds of American parents and voting age young men and women before the election.

I consider that totally disgraceful.

Actually I think you're mis-informed. EVERYONE who enlists in ANY branch of the military is signed up for 8 years. Active duty time may be as short as 2 years or as long as 6 years as thier initial active duty stint.

Once that active duty stint is completed they are then moved to the INactive reserves.

So, lets say you join the Navy for 4 years. You're on active duty for 4 years then you are placed in the inactive reserves for another 4 years.

The military has the right to call you back into service for that entire 4 years of inactive time you have.

This was in EVERY contract signed by EVERY person enlisting in the armed forces. If they didn't agree to what they were signing, they shouldn't have ever enlisted in the first place.

I love Senax's banter of 'fighting for freedom'.

Were our freedoms threatened by Saddam/Iraq? No

Are they now? No

Would we lose our freedom if we pulled out of Iraq completely and left it to implode into civil war? No

Would we lose our freedoms if we drafted every man and woman of fighting age and sent them into Iraq to turn it into a democracy? Yes

A draft would destroy the freedoms that many Americans fought and died for; the right to LIFE and LIBERTY

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Absolutely not.
Give the politicians more troops and you give them more temptation.
The draft is really a kind of slavery imposed by the state on the individual and should be anathema to all Americans.
Besides, they will never draft the rich and the powerful.