Are YOU Prepaired to get DRAFTED???

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Maggotman...interesting comments.
The only reason I even mentioned my age was because I didnt think they could draft you if you were under 18. I have no problems going to fight (hehe...get me OUT of high school) and it would be an honor to fight in retaliation for what has happened.

[MAGgot Man]

Series....I wasnt refering to you. You have stated that if called you would go. I was refering to the others out there that said in essence that they would do whatever nesseccary to avoid standing up for their country. You are right about one thing...at this point you can not be drafted if you are under 18. But what I was trying to get across was that those "rules" can change as the need dictates. This country has been good to us all...and when its time to give back then there should be no question as to whether or not you would be willing to go.

[Major Ho]

Sure colorblindness matters. I know it does now a days. There are different degrees of colorblindness too! You can just see black/gray and there would be no way in hell they would let you be in the field to shoot at something you cant see. Red/Green is most common and you can get away with being in the field with that I think.
You are restricted to like 8 jobs if you failed the test like I did. Lame stuff like chaplains assistant or desk jock...

[Arturus]

Originally posted by thecavemankevin


I'm not trying to be a jerk, but i really don't want to hear a bunch of whiney p.c. brats complaining that what you said might hurt someone?s feeling.

But i do understand your frustration and it doesn't bother me.

lol - Real nice... P.C brats eh? So that's what I am.

I wasn't going to react at all to Nitro's post. For various reasons, one of them being... well... surprise! The words he used were appropriate, in a way, concerning this thread.

That said, I'm one of the most conservative and anti-P.C people you'll ever meet. The reason many of us 'p.c brats' are so against childish name callings and labeling of whole groups of people is... well, it's childish.

Need I say more?

And no, I'm not ready for a draft, but if I were drafted, would I think twice about following through? Not at all.

I'll pack up and be there on the first bus. Proud to serve my country.

[Ityl]

nothing good comes from war

[Ground_zer0]

I am currently just under 17 so I most likely would not get drafted unless the war drags out like vietnam. I could even then get out of it due to being the "sole surviving son" but I believe if everyone tried to get out of service then what sort of country would we have. I will do my duty like every other american if called upon (and then possibly I'd think of enlisting if not drafted depending on how the situation pans out). The m-16s and humvees are just bonues to the job.
-Matt

[Rooster]

First of all, if my country asked for volunteers, i would sign up without hesitation.

Second of all, anyone who would dodge a draft, litterally makes me sick. If you are not ready to fight and die for your country, you have no business being a citizen of it. You were given a citizenship above all other citizenships, many of you on birth. You are a citizen of a country that people would die, or kill, to get into. But that citizenship wasn't a free gift. You are given freedoms and rights undreamed of until 100 years ago, and in return, you are expected to protect the country that provides you so much. If you arn't willing to hold up your end of the deal, its my opinion you should be exiled, permenently. You don't deserve to have some much granted to you, if you are only going to use it to sit on your butt and watch TV and play on the internet.

May seem harsh, but I have zero tolerance for people who take and take and take and take, and are willing to give nothing in return. They are our society's leaches, and they deserve to be cut off.

[Techpriest]

man, don't be thinking you're gonna die out there, I honestly think it would be pretty much a turkey shoot. think about it, our military size would be bigger than the population of these countries. It's pretty sick.

[Rooster]

In fighting guerillas defending their own land, you need 10 soldiers to every guerilla, and in those mountains, id been willing to bet more than that. This will definately not be a repeat of the Gulf War.

[TamaPlaya]

16, and the last one that could possibly carry on the family name... Dont think I'll be drafted. Though I'm sure they could use a psycho with a gun out there

[Bailey]

I would volunteer to go,and if there was a draft id be first in line.but im only 16
I planned on joining the service anyway so it doesnt matter to me

[Eagle]

It's like Army said, the chances of the draft being reinstated are slim but still there. Am I afraid of it, I was, that's a small part of why I enlisted over a year and a half ago, to garrentee my rate, not have it picked for me.

[Restola]

ill be there. no draft required.

[pumpamatic]

I thought president Lincoln abolished slavery

[banzaimf]

drafted

Will I get drafted?

Heck no.

I am in inactive ready reserves already as part of my selling the soul to the US Navy. I got 10 months left as a matter of fact.

Guess what, the romantic ideal of being a warrior is pure crap. Real people with real guns trying to make you real dead really sucks. Really sucks. I spent too long at a place watching too many bad thing happening that infuriate me to this day (6 years later, there is a reason that I hate Milosevic). I hope that none of you have to see these things. But I know that is a fruitless hope. There will have to be professional warriors spilling their blood "at the altar of freedom". It won't be romantic. If we go into a land war in Afghanistan, there will be some of you who get to watch a friend die. His blood on your hands as you try to stop him from bleeding out. There will be friends burned horribly from molotov cocktails. Grenades leaving pieces of people you know scattered around to be picked up. None of this is anything you want to see in life. Or even in pictures if you want to eat that day. I have 6 friends/acquaintences/former co-workers that are dead or missing. 6. 6 people who I can't call and say hi to anymore. This pain will opened up to us all in the coming years. Yes YEARS. Will the US reinstate the draft? I doubt it. If I think it does, I may volunteer to go back in to try to keep 1 person from seeing what this will look like.

May there be some higher power out there who has mercy on us all.

banzaimf

Ted Zimmers