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To: TimF who wrote (219318)	2/15/2005 8:06:48 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573682

re: 1 - I am against drafts. Not me, not anymore. re: 2 - If there was a draft your chances of being drafted would be small. Even if we could and wanted to double our force in Iraq (which isn't likely) the percentage of the draft eligable population that would be needed would be very small. Even in Vietnam with up to 5 times as many people in country and an army that might have been twice as big we didn't draft most draft age men. Last time being drafted was almost certain was WWII. Bull, you were not there. If you were draft age, and you didn't have a deferment during the latter years of Vietnam, you got drafted, period. You can say, assuming a draft is implemented, that your chances would be low. But you don't know the future... Iran, Syria... Wake up, we've got Neo's in charge. They have an agenda. These guys are not libertarians, anything but... John