Re: US soldiers in Iraq held against their will

At 02:33 PM 8/17/03 -0500, Harmon Seaver wrote:

Just heard about this local guy who reluctantly went to Iraq because

he was in the reserves, now his contract is up (as of 7/31) and they won't let him out.

Did he reluctantly take the $$$ to be in the reserves, too?

my enlistment contract ended and the I have been involuntarily extended.

SOP. Happened during the Yugo thang too.

I am now a prisoner of the US army.

Pity the volunteer moral zombie! Sucks to give up control to .mil, no? I find it very troubling that the USA

would force people against their free will to be in the military,

It hasn't, it only requires males to register. So far. Maybe Faust should be required reading for potential warriors?