STOP-LOSS

Just when I thought I'd had enough of assinine moves by this silly government...... something new comes along to upset the apple cart again.

I've always said that if this war would become highly unpopular because they brought back the draft, this war would end a lot sooner. Well, those sneaky bastards have found a way to make sure there is no need for a draft. Hence, the policy of Stop Loss. In other words, when a person's term of active service is up, make them serve long enough to make another trip to Afghanistan or Iraq. 

Every person that joins the military, even if it is for somewhere between 2-4 years on active duty, actually contracts to serve 6 years. Whatever time is left when your active service is done is served in what is called the inactive reserves. You are part of a group of people who, already trained, could be called up if something big happens. Since we are in the middle of something big, there is no real lag between the end of active duty, and that call up.... Stop Loss. Like stopping the flow of blood from a wound. Too many people getting out at the same time, along with the low number of new recruits, means not enough bodies to fight a war on two fronts. 

So, the draft is back, it's just a back door kind of thing, and now this war could go on for 30 years or more..... I see no way out... considering the increase in attacks on both fronts by the people the members of the government of the United States of Amerika are trying to kill.

Makes me sick to my stomach. If they would have tried to keep me in when I was going through the discharge routine in 1981, I would have jumped out the window and started running for the nearest gate..... 

I feel for all you soldiers and sailors who will get new orders instead of that discharge..... Uncle Sam is still good at sticking it to the ones in uniform....