Replies to post #75657 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Orange Trendline]

...so you can't provide any evidence Bush is planning a draft.

Peace my man

[Chris McConnel]

What's really amazing is that people like trendline, actually think Bush is telling the truth that they are not planning a draft, even when Bush lied about ground commanders not asking for more troops.


Not to mention the contingency plans being drawn up now.



from TalkLeft


Military Contingency Plan to Draft Medical Workers

Finally, a little publicized secret document from the Selective Service calling for a contingency plan to draft medical personnel is getting attention - in the New York Times, no less:

       The Selective Service has been updating its  
        contingency plans for a draft of doctors,  
        nurses and other health care workers in case of  
        a national emergency that overwhelms the  
        military's medical corps. 

       In a confidential report this summer, a  
        contractor hired by the agency described how  
        such a draft might work, how to secure  
        compliance and how to mold public opinion and  
        communicate with health care professionals,  
        whose lives could be disrupted.

The Selective Service acknowledged the plan to the Times:

       Richard S. Flahavan, a spokesman for the  
        Selective Service System "We have been  
        routinely updating the entire plan for a health  
        care draft. The plan is on the shelf and will  
        remain there unless Congress and the president  
        decide that it's needed and direct us to carry  
        it out." 

       The Selective Service System plans on  
        delivering about 36,000 health care specialists  
        to the Defense Department if and when a special  
        skills draft were activated," Mr. Flahavan  
        said. 

The Selective Service went so far as to conduct focus groups on the draft issue:

       The Selective Service and Widmeyer held focus  
        groups this summer to sample public opinion  
        toward registration and a possible draft  
        including medical personnel. People from a  
        variety of professions, including doctors and  
        nurses, were questioned.

http://talkleft.com/new_archives/008359.html#008359

[Chris McConnel]

Selective Service Proposed Draft Plan Document

Here is the official document (pdf) calling for a reinsatement of the draft--for men and women--ages 18-34, not just to those who might qualify for active military duty, but for those with skills the Government finds helpful in war--linguists, medical workers, etc. Just about everyone.

Note this has nothing to do with bills to reinstate the draft by Democrats like Charlie Rangel that made headlines two years ago. This is the Bush Administration at work--its representatives on the Selective Service System (SSS).

The document was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act Request by a poster to Democracy Underground, going by the name of Will Winn. It has been republished by Blatent Truth . The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has reported on it a few times, including here .

As we wrote here, this is very scary. You should email a copy to your local college papers and to every young person you know. Read Blatant Truth and Seeing the Forest for more details. And remember, John Edwards has said there will be no draft under Kerry-Edwards .

http://talkleft.com/new_archives/007963.html#007963