THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE FROM VIETNAM

But before readers start counseling their 19-year-olds to learn French and start drinking Moosehead beer in anticipation of an extended Canadian vacation, they need to review the “Smart Border Declaration” (SBD), signed in December 2001 between the United States and its frosty northern neighbor. It is available at http://www.canadianembassy.org/border/declaration-en.asp

The SBD was designed to “keep terrorists out” of the U.S., but it also serves to keep U.S. citizens in the U.S. with “pre-clearance agreements,” “advance passenger notifications,” shared databases, and an agreement from Canada to extradite Selective Service scofflaws. Sweden, long a haven for draft evaders with an aptitude for foreign languages, also redesigned its laws to prohibit asylum in 1995.

http://www.copvcia.com/free/ww3/022704_draft_goff.html

The probably just don’t want US seniors heading up there to buy their meds on the cheep.

So the upshot of this rider on a bill that was passed by congress is that there's not going to be a draft....unless there's an emergency. I can hear Jon Stewart, of the Daily Show, lampooning this as I type.

Syracuse Post Standard:

http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/...95428088750.xml

"So why spend millions of dollars for the care and feeding of draft boards that most members of Congress admit will never have any work to do, barring a dire national emergency?"

Posted at another thread:

GI sues Military for backdoor draft