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Military Draft System to be Tested
The agency is not gearing up for a draft, an agency official said
Thursday. The test itself would not likely occur until 2009.
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Selective Service "readiness exercise"
The system that randomly chooses draftees by birth date and the
network of appeals boards that decide how to deal with conscientious
objectors and others who want to delay reporting for duty, said
Scott Campbell, Selective Service director for operations and chief
information officer.
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Will They Serve?
From the Civil War, WW1, WW2, Vietnam, to today's Iraq, certain
groups lack of military service has been a national disgrace.
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The Vietnam War
It was 1968 and the Chicago Seven (Rubin, Ginsberg, Levine,
Felder, Abbie Hoffman, etc), stormed the national convention. The
young Jews shouted "No we won't go".
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The Canadian Geese
After Americans demanded the lottery, the college kids at
Brandeis, Penn, Yale, etc grew wings. Estimates rang up to 100,000
young Americans
fled to Canada, and were known as the 'Yiddish Geese'.
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