What we're missing, too, is that selective service is part of being an American.
Draft card burners hardly deserve the protection of living under our flag. We're lucky that we haven't had to call on it in decades, and truly, we probably will not again because of the prevailing public opinion about (gasp) conscription. But if you think that card in your wallet is just a dumb little piece of paper you'd pitch if our leaders take us somewhere you don't support, there are other places you should live.
Beyond that, this thread is really just a lot of unfounded rambling, and I'm hardly surprised by some of the affiliations here. It's this kind of support a certain candidate received that decidedly turned me off to wanting to run with his posse.
50 U.S.C. App. 451
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(b) The Congress declares that an adequate armed strength must be achieved and maintained to insure the security of this Nation.
(c) The Congress further declares that in a free society the obligations and privileges of serving in the armed forces and the reserve components thereof should be shared generally, in accordance with a system of selection which is fair and just, and which is consistent with the maintenance of an effective national economy.
(d) The Congress further declares, in accordance with our traditional military policy as expressed in the National Defense Act of 1916, as amended, that it is essential that the strength and organization of the National Guard, both Ground and Air, as an integral part of the first line defenses of this Nation, be at all times maintained and assured.
To this end, it is the intent of the Congress that whenever Congress shall determine that units and organizations are needed for the national security in excess of those of the Regular components of the Ground Forces and the Air Forces, and those in active service under this title (sections 451 to 471a of this Appendix), the National Guard of the United States, both Ground and Air, or such part thereof as may be necessary, together with such units of the Reserve components as are necessary for a balanced force, shall be ordered to active Federal service and continued therein so long as such necessity exists.
Draft card burners hardly deserve the protection of living under our flag. We're lucky that we haven't had to call on it in decades, and truly, we probably will not again because of the prevailing public opinion about (gasp) conscription. But if you think that card in your wallet is just a dumb little piece of paper you'd pitch if our leaders take us somewhere you don't support, there are other places you should live.
Beyond that, this thread is really just a lot of unfounded rambling, and I'm hardly surprised by some of the affiliations here. It's this kind of support a certain candidate received that decidedly turned me off to wanting to run with his posse.