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Britain's Guardian newspaper reports the Pentagon has
begun recruiting for local draft boards, dredging up painful memories of Vietnam
era conscription at a time of deepening misgiving about America's occupation of
Iraq.
In a notice posted on the Defense Department's Defend
America website, Americans over the age of 18 and with no criminal record are
invited to "serve your community and the nation" by volunteering for the boards,
which decide which recruits should be sent to war.
Although Pentagon officials denied any move to reinstitute
the draft, the defence department website does not shirk at outlining the
potential duties for a new crop of volunteers to the draft boards.
Read more.
"If a military draft becomes necessary, approximately
2,000 local and appeal boards throughout America would decide which young men
who submit a claim receive deferments, postponements or exemptions from military
service, based on federal guidelines," it said.
Intellpuke: "According to the Defense Dept.
website, this means a 19-year-old could be serving on a board to determine who
should be drafted and who not. While I don't have a problem with 18 year olds
and older voting, I do have a big problem with teenagers determining who goes
into the military and who doesn't."
Editor: The draft boards should consist of people
who are experienced with staffing and job assignments, and completely familiar
with the jobs that they're drafting people for. Consider the DoD to be one of
the biggest companies in the country. Would they hire an 18 year old to run
their human resources department?
I don't believe the possible age of draft board members is
really the issue here, it's the issue that the DoD is reinstating the draft, no
matter how quietly they're gearing up for it.
