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Abuzz about the draft.(soccer moms panic...)
international herald tribune ^ | 6/30/04 | Brian Knowlton

Posted on 06/30/2004 6:28:41 PM PDT by Flavius

Edited on 06/30/2004 6:34:10 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

As U.S. recalls troops, rumors surge

WASHINGTON Amid fears of open-ended military engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan, and ever more urgent-sounding indications of how stretched U.S. forces are around the globe, rumors that the military draft might be reinstated have surged across the United States, moving in recent months from obscure Internet sites into the mainstream media. .

(Excerpt) Read more at iht.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: draft
Ahh.. our good friends in media helping paranoia...

fears of ... urgent-sounding ... stretched U.S. forces ... rumors ... military draft might ... obscure Internet sites (???) ...

and now the finali "... this raises the prospect that the rumors might influence voters in November."

We are just reporting the news and not trying to fabricate popular opinion towards the ubiased person we support.. hint hint wink wink...

I'm sure all the military professionals want to have bunch of whiny granola eating troopers next to them in an fox hole... (not to offend any military memebers that like granolas..)

1 posted on 06/30/2004 6:28:42 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: Flavius

my apology to all... for the post its unreadable

someone cut it up please...


3 posted on 06/30/2004 6:31:23 PM PDT by Flavius ("... we should reconnoitre assiduosly... " Vegetius)
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To: Flavius; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; tomkow6; HiJinx; Atlantic Friend; Arrowhead1952; ...

The obligatory National Guard bashing by self-righteous anti-insert-name-of-policy-here paleo-FReepers shall commence in five... four... three... two... one.


4 posted on 06/30/2004 6:41:22 PM PDT by Old Sarge (2004: Win One More For The Gipper!)
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To: Flavius

How's this:

Amid fears of open-ended military engagements...stretched U.S. forces...rumors ...draft... surged...from obscure Internet sites into the mainstream media.
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Though repeatedly denied at almost every level of government...this raises the prospect that the rumors might influence voters in November.

We are just reporting the news and not trying to fabricate popular opinion towards the unbiased person we support... hint hint... wink wink...

I'm sure all the military professionals want to have bunch of whiny granola eating troops next to them in a fox hole... (no offence to any military members that like granola).


5 posted on 06/30/2004 6:47:21 PM PDT by visualops (Let's win another one for the Gipper.)
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To: Flavius

Wow thanks to the moderator for making this thing readable


6 posted on 06/30/2004 6:48:07 PM PDT by Flavius ("... we should reconnoitre assiduosly... " Vegetius)
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To: Flavius
rumors that the military draft might be reinstated have surged across the United States, moving in recent months from obscure Internet sites into the mainstream media. .

Better tell these soccer moms to not vote Democrat then as Democratic legislators are the ones who have been introducing draft bills into the House and Senate recently.

7 posted on 06/30/2004 6:49:28 PM PDT by xrp
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To: visualops

ahm m

actually i triple posted the article and the person helped with that ...

did not realize my comment section was messed up as well...


8 posted on 06/30/2004 6:51:06 PM PDT by Flavius ("... we should reconnoitre assiduosly... " Vegetius)
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To: xrp

well,

they introduce it,

scare the moms

moms vote dem

dems get in the house stop the draft

pull everyone home

france throws us a party ...

al qaida turns to farming

we all live happily ever after ...


9 posted on 06/30/2004 6:53:41 PM PDT by Flavius ("... we should reconnoitre assiduosly... " Vegetius)
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To: Old Sarge
Paleo-FReepers?


10 posted on 06/30/2004 6:58:44 PM PDT by visualops (Let's win another one for the Gipper.)
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To: Flavius

LOL


11 posted on 06/30/2004 6:59:22 PM PDT by visualops (Let's win another one for the Gipper.)
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To: visualops

LOL! Nicely done!


12 posted on 06/30/2004 7:03:11 PM PDT by Old Sarge (2004: Win One More For The Gipper!)
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To: Old Sarge

Hey it's an actual cave painting lol
FReepers have been around since the stone age doncha know :^)


13 posted on 06/30/2004 7:15:57 PM PDT by visualops (Let's win another one for the Gipper.)
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To: xrp
Better tell these soccer moms to not vote Democrat then as Democratic legislators are the ones who have been introducing draft bills into the House and Senate recently.

And jabbering incessantly to the press about it!


14 posted on 07/01/2004 12:38:05 AM PDT by Watery Tart (Chant to achieve total grammatical nirvana: “Whooooooooom”)
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