Draft Fears
Antiwar.com is a superb resource for keeping up with news on the war and peace front. Recently, a news story showed that an immensely destructive trend was continuing.
The increase comes as the U.S. Marine Corps is preparing to order thousands of its troops to active duty in the first involuntary recall since the early days of the war.
No more than 2,500 Marines will be recalled at any one time, but there is no cap on the total number who may be forced back into service in the coming years as the military helps fight the war on terror. The call-ups will begin in the next few months, and most of the Marines are expected to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Involuntary military service or any kind of forced labor is slavery. For wars allegely conducted in defense of “freedom”, a lot of liberty destroying measures are employed to wage them. A widespread draft hasn’t hit yet but these backdoor measures don’t point in a positive direction. If conscription comes to pass than activists should be prepared to work against it. Public opinion will hopefully serve as a deterrent from this happening.
