Feeling a draft yet?

[Razer]

In the 60s we'd mail in change of address cards in massive amounts to
fuck them. They had big stacks of them at the post office, pre-stamped,
and you were reuired to report any change of address IMMEDIATELY. We
changed addresses ... ALOT.

Unfortunately that's no longer operational, like the selective service
is, so this MIGHT be a good time to pass on your bestest hacking
techniques to your antiwar activist friends. It appears there's already
action on that front.

"'Business as usual': Selective Service System clarifies draft process
amid escalation in Iran tensions

The Selective Service System, which maintains a list of potential
recruits in the event of a military draft, clarified the process in a
Friday Twitter post following increased tensions between the United
States and Iran.

The killing of top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in a Thursday
airstrike ordered by President Donald Trump sparked concerns about a
broader military conflict with Iran and what appeared to be online fears
about the return of the draft.

"The Selective Service System is conducting business as usual. In the
event that a national emergency necessitates a draft, Congress and the
President would need to pass official legislation to authorize a draft,"
the Selective Service System wrote.

The Service later wrote that its website was experiencing "high traffic
volumes" that disrupted website functions because of "the spread of
misinformation." The Service, however, did not specify what the
misinformation was or what exactly caused the website crash.

The Service's website was still down Saturday morning.

The killing of Soleimani was the latest action in long-simmering
tensions between the United States and Iran, including the United
States' withdrawal from an accord limiting Iran's nuclear program and
the reimposing of sanctions on the country.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday morning on CNN that the
airstrike on Soleimani's convoy had come in response to an "imminent
attack." Iran has vowed "harsh retaliation" for those responsible for
Soleimani's killing, and the country's ambassador to the United Nations
said Saturday, "the response for a military action is military action."

The last draft ended after the Vietnam War as the U.S. military
transitioned to become an all-volunteer service. Currently, all male
U.S. residents between the ages of 18 and 25 must register with the
Selective Service, though registration with the Selective Service does
not necessarily mean all registrants will be drafted.

Women cannot be drafted as current legislation governing the Selective
Service only refers to "male persons," so the drafting of women would
require new legislation, the Selective Service says.

If troops are mobilized, "A lottery drawing would be conducted to
determine the order in which men would be called, and induction orders
would be issued, in lottery number order, by means of the U.S. Postal
Service," a Selective Service history explains."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/04/draft-agency-selective-service-clarifies-process-amid-iran-tensions/2812768001/


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