US soldiers in Iraq held against their will

[Harmon Seaver]

On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 10:37:15PM -0700, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> 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.

   So a contract isn't a contract anymore, eh? It's changed unilaterally by USG
whenever and however they want? Well, I suppose there's good precedence for that
too -- ask any Native American. 

(snip)

> 
> 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.
> 

   It certainly is in this case, and, I'm sure, in many others. If you sign a
contract to work for me for a year, and at the end of that year, I lock the
factory door and won't let you out, send big mean guys with guns to make sure
you stay seated at your machine and keep working -- what would you call that?
Slavery?


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Harmon Seaver	
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