Group: US marching toward military draft
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Wednesday August 23, 2006
Print This Email This After yesterday's Marine reserves call up by the Defense Department, an Iraq veterans group says a draft will be the next step, according to a report at ABC News.
Reports yesterday indicated that 2,500 inactive reserve members of the Marines were called up for duty in Iraq. The Marines are members of the individual Ready Reserve and have already given four years of service, allowing them to return to civilian life. However, they are contractually obligated to return to service when needed.
But Jon Soltz, of the group VoteVets.org, warned that the call up showed the lack of plans for victory in Iraq, and the problems faced by an overburdened American military. Furthermore, he warned ABC News's The Blotter that the move is "one of the last steps before resorting to a draft."
The Bush administration has repeatedly claimed that it is in favor of retaining an all vounteer military force.
The full ABC News report can be found at The Blotter.
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