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Sufferboy
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my college professor freaked me the fuck out and said it is possible that obama will reinstate it, Ive been looking online and i cant find much about it, does anyone else have anything they know about this?
Oct 13 2009 7:45PM
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Mr.Panda
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And him hiking the taxes since he has gotten in hasn't been against his campaign?


The curious thing though is that if it gets reinstated will it be only men that are required to answer the draft?
Oct 13 2009 8:02PM
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switchieski
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ur college professor is a republican wing nut, Ami right?
Oct 13 2009 8:04PM
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dbstar
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most drafts include men and women... not sure exactly what the stat is but its something like for every 1 combat position there is another 9 or so administrative positions
Oct 13 2009 8:04PM
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Mr.Panda
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The last time the draft was around (Vietnam) it was only men I thought.
Oct 13 2009 8:05PM
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Armanzoid
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OP, bad news, what you heard was true. He is doing all these things as well:

Allowing gays to marry, and making heterosexual marriage illegal
He is going to send the ENTIRE U.S. military to Iraq so that he may take over the government
The new alternative fuel he is going to use comes from aborted baby fetuses


Might sound crazy, but I heard it on Fox, so it has to be true.

Oct 13 2009 8:11PM
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Sufferboy
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fox is a republican network, so they would make shit out of proportion, let it be known i am neither democratic or republican 
Oct 13 2009 8:16PM
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Sufferboy
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democrat*
Oct 13 2009 8:17PM
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fujarome
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well theoretically ANY president can make efforts to reinstate it. They said the same thing about bush.

it probably wouldn't happen, simply because an all-volunteer force tends to be much more effective in unpopular wars.

can't wait to see what sort of responses we get in here. how many would start a revolution, etc etc
Oct 13 2009 8:20PM
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