What are the chances of a Military draft in the US in the next Year?, page 1

Originally posted by fraterormus
Since 2002 we have put a Stop-Loss that forces servicemen to tours beyond the dates of their enlistment periods that can force "volunteer" men and women in uniform during war or national emergencies to remain in service until December 24th, 2031.

That means when you signed up for a 2 year enlistment in the Army back in 2000 and later told that Stop-Loss prevents you from going home after those 2 years, then your 2 year enlistment has turned into 9 years and counting.

That means when you signed up for a 6 year enlistment with the Marines in 2000 and later told that Stop-Loss prevents you from going home after those 6 years, then you have already served 2 years above and beyond your enlistment contract.

Supposedly Stop-Loss soldiers are only supposed to be held on the front lines for no longer than eighteen months beyond their End of Enlisted Duty Date. However, the 2031 date is being used to strong-arm volunteers into re-enlisting. Basically, we are telling our volunteer troops that they have a chance to voluntarily re-enlist and if they don't do it, the Military will keep them in until 2031.

That is the only reason we have enough "volunteer" troops to handle 2, going on 3, 4, or 5 War Campaigns.

Although Congress has had a Draft Bill on the table every session since 2001, it has never even come to a vote and remains tabled indefinitely each session.

Historically speaking, a Republican controlled Congress would be more likely than a Democratic controlled Congress to enact a Draft, and even then most Republicans realize that doing such would amount to political suicide and would only do so as a last resort or in a case where it really was a National Emergency and not a fabricated National Emergency we have in the War on Terror.

Every year the Draft issue pokes up it's head like the Autumn version of the Ground Hog. Every year though it sees its shadow and goes back to sleep.

[edit on 15-10-2009 by fraterormus]

You are correct, I was in the military but left before they did any of the stop loss. But what they do have is an emergency function in case of National Emergency they could reactivate people that where in the military back into service if they have a special function. They most likely will do it if they need people. What I see happening before even a draft (it would be the democrats more likely than the republicans wanting a draft, but even though the democrats will go with this idea) is an authorization from the president and the congress agreeing to call back prior military people who where in the military in a span of 5 to 10 years. This way it doesn't really effect the regular populace that much and two it gets the rest of americans agreeing because they most likely won't go and two it's looked at as being patriotic for the "recent" soldiers to go back to duty to defend them.