Vets Group Warns Of Draft

The VoteVets.org web site is worth the visit. From ABC News: Is the Next Step a Draft? August 22, 2006 6:53 PM Rhonda Schwartz Reports: An Iraq War veterans group says the call-up of thousands of Marines from the Individual Ready Reserve, announced by the Pentagon today, is "one of the last steps before resorting to a draft." "This move should serve as a wake-up call to America," said Jon Soltz, an Army captain who served in Iraq and heads the group VoteVets.org, which raises funds for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans running for Congress. "Today's announcement that thousands of Marines in the Individual Ready Reserve will be called back to go to Iraq is proof that our military is overextended, and there is no plan for victory in Iraq." While the Pentagon has repeatedly maintained the armed forces have met their recruiting and retention goals, Soltz says, "Today's actions speak louder than words." From Raw Story: Murtha: Marine recall shows Iraq getting worse RAW STORY Published: Wednesday August 23, 2006 Congressman John Murtha (D-PA) has blasted the involuntary recall of Marines to Iraq at "a time when we should be bringing our fighting men and women home from Iraq, we're sending more over there," as symbolic of the "mismanagement of this effort," RAW STORY has learned. Murtha, the first Vietnam War veteran to serve in Congress, is mulling a campaign for Majority Leader, should Democrats recapture the House in the fall's midterm election. "This recall is just another sign of how badly the war in Iraq is going," Murtha insisted. "Because of the mismanagement of this effort and all the killing and maiming in Iraq," he blasted, "young men and women are not joining the military at the necessary recruitment levels. We're involuntarily recalling Marines and increasing the age limit of soldiers to maintain troop levels.