"Backdoor Draft"

From: Mike Hastie
To: GI Special
Sent: August 19, 2006

"Backdoor Draft"

The Inactive Ready Reserve (Backdoor Draft) is being called up,
because Uncle Sam doesn't have enough troops in the Soldier
Warehouse.

Now, people can go into the military at age 42.
It's called the Father-Son Buddy System.

It is obvious that the military
is running out of soldiers who are not exhausted.

If the criminals in the White House were to activate the Military Draft, they know the anti-war movement would quadruple over night.

I spent one tour in Vietnam as an Army medic, and that was enough for me and my family.

American soldiers spending two and three tours in Iraq,
are going to have two and three tours of added PTSD, or if you will,
two and three tours of added betrayal.

The American Public Has Absolutely No Idea Of The Long Range Effects Of Post-Traumatic War Stress.

But then again, the American public is not emotionally
connected to the war in Iraq.

When I came back from Vietnam, the
American public didn't care if I had been to Vietnam or Baskin Robbins.

I wish to God this last statement was grossly exaggerated.

I will close
with this bit of borrowed prose from the past, with my added tidbit:

"Uncle Sam needs a helping hand, cause it doesn’t have enough troops
for Viet-nam.

Now Iraq is another war, and the lies keep coming like
they did before."

Mike Hastie
Vietnam Veteran
August 19, 2006