Pass the new bill to abolish the military draft Pass the new bill to abolish the military draft: "H.R.4523 - To repeal the Military Selective Service Act, and thereby terminate the registration requirements of such Act and eliminate civilian local boards, civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the Selective Service System." Name Zip / Postal Code Country Comment David Swanson 22902 US I didn't raise my sons to go kill other mothers' sons. Our troops come back Debra Longobardi 19460 US broken. Let the old rich men who make the wars, fight them. Kevin Lindemann 60190-1881 US Blase Bonpane, Ph.D. 90405 us Rooshdi Ali 60448 US We can appropriate our resources to more humane and productive services. Nicolas Davies 33161-5021 us Bonnie Eiler 54937 us Maria Santelli 28630 us Elizabeth Tuminski 06907-1413 us too many wars, too many lives taken Bonnie Gorman 02169 us Michael Lyon 94703 us Daniel Gilman 98103 us Robert Meola 94702 us Who is making huge profits from promoting the slaughtering of millions of global villagers? Who becomes cannon fodder under such circumstances, and Loren Lewisohn 86336 us who is exempt? Focus on discovering non violent solutions that involve diplomacy in stead of promoting wars. Wage peace! Fred Hirsch 95062 us Ingrid Kepler-May 94708 us Joe Williams 95062 us Dana Grunwald 21033 de RootsAction.org 1 / 371 Name Zip / Postal Code Country Comment Overwhelmingly, the psychopaths and sociopaths that call for and profit from Iraj Mahvi 94565 us war never play the roll of soldier. They have no frame of reference for that which they want all but themselves to suffer/endure. Aviva Myers-Taylor 92107 us Selma Lynch 22205 us Suzanne Philipps RH19 3QY gb howard blaz 34771 us Sharlee Moore 90013 US WAR is good for NOTHING !!! Nicole Chojnacki 54601 US alice jena 11418 US sylvia rakic 4558 AU Anne Kirkwood 34208 US Judith Hofmann 44830-3272 US georgiann Cooper 04032 US Military monies should be going to achieve world peace. A better use for Debra Bales 97520 US money and humanity. Jezzalie Gill 99502-1515 US Albert Kasem 92021 US If people want to volunteer, then okay; it's about choice, and it's about human Tracy Overholser 97496 US rights. Randy Kliewer 95603 us Deborah Richards 82053 us Daniela Rossi 00040 it Nancy Klassen V3K 4R5 ca Bret Sher 60061 us Samuel Buschell 49945 us A system that forces males but not females is against equality. Joe Auslander 20009 us Tammy Murphy 19129 us Andrew Kurzweil 11229-0601 us I was drafted in 1970. It was a major change in my life. I opted to join the Air Force rather than serve in the Army. Fortunately it became a positive Donald Walls 99205 us experience. But for many it was a disaster. The youth are our future. Don't throw them away in pointless conflict brought on by greedy old men. Stephen Spieckerman 53186 us RootsAction.org 2 / 371 Name Zip / Postal Code Country Comment david connor 05602 us Kathryn Zamora 94061 us Charles Turbyfill 20841 us tired of the illegal, utterly destructive, and wasteful wars Carla Burris 46795 us Colleen Sheahon 28607 us Scott Lohr 21502 us Sharon Longyear 10598-3229 us Barbara Sullivan 46342 us heidi uppgaard 55417 us I was a teenager when the last draft was in effect. I saw the death and carnage on the news, I saw there was no clear purpose to being in Vietnam. Thomas Stoddard 48161 us Even though I was fortunate that hostilities ended the year I turned 18 the threat of being drafted loomed over my young life sucking much of the joy of being a teenager from me. michael lahey 60626 us Walker Bennett 86351 us Zainab Rabani E13 0SN gb No more war! Hans Potters NL-2341 HX nl Jose Cordova 78542 us Lucy Duff 20770-2454 us More than anything else the military actively separates people. Alongside Jeff Kear TN38 0RD gb religion, nationalism, and other ideologies. They are all destructive forces. Brian Mexin 46130 us sureha begum Ws1 4ly gb Josephine Petrov 7000 au Teresa MASIA PERALES 95600 fr alfredo ciano 80058 it Stop to the Miilitary Industries !!! Ken W Simpson 3156 au Jonathan Nash 10028 us Roland Lombard 91190 fr RootsAction.org 3 / 371 Name Zip / Postal Code Country Comment A $23-26 million budget for an unused bureaucracy? It's hard to believe Congress would vote to eliminate important programs to allegedly "save Aimee Polekoff 19446-1525 us money" while leaving the useless selective service afloat. We don't want the draft, and we shouldn't have the draft. Also, I expect to see those who cry liberty to be the first to cosponsor such a freedom oriented bill. Daniel Grabianowski 02766 us Richard Gingras 23141 us Duncan Peterson 95831 us No draft will make war and escalation more difficult. Mary Elston 59718 us Dave Fronske 86001 us Iona Conner 17255 us I don't believe in imprialism and our soldiers fight for the interest of the few paula charbonneau 02746 us (lately called 1%'ers) not for the nation as a whole. I would not want my sons or daughters to be involved in the corrupt way American does buisiness. Genevieve Petra k 48162-7909 us Jane Murphy 14775 us Grant Carson 68130 us selective service is sexist Robert Snell 98221 us Brendan Swift 95472 us Judy Alter 90045 us Ellen Atkinson 89503 us I believe that war is immoral, unnecessary, and hurts all but the military Ruth Zalph 27515 us industrial complex and the pentagon. Robbie White 20902 us sandy nelson 81147 us Wendi Cohen 10562 us Henry Cottrell 23235 us If a war is just and unavoidable then good men will be there. If unjust then let those who want it, pay for it with there fortunes & sons Don't sully my beliefs steve loy 74820 us nor ask for my sons while they leave there's stay at home. Today's warmongers are these very son's who's families kept them out of harm's way. Earl Rexrode 22901 us RootsAction.org 4 / 371 Name Zip / Postal Code Country Comment Dimitrios Houliaras 33897 us Tim Blaker 65711 us JANICE MOLAND 33760 us Lacey Hicks 94587 us justin bowers 30175 us This was a true act of courage and a striking political statement from Ali - I Phyllis Smith 86406 US remember it well and have respected his opinion on this decision ever since. He truly was "THE GREATEST". Anna Widdup CM16 5AS gb Sherry Massaro 44406 us Dylan Etienne 77006 us Kenneth Stahl 80260 us Craig Etchison 26719 us War is a business of profit , at the expense of human lives . Driven by control Mike Sprackett 12345 US and manipulation , of the masses through fear and peer pressure and a constant enemy , that needs to be perpetuated . Vivian Schatz 19119 us Richard Tregidgo 17532 us Steven Collinson 94103-3869 us Donna Bonetti 80303 us Carla Wong M5R 2T2 ca Kim Palmer 70301 us Strickland Joseph 11422 us Some say that activating a draft would awaken opposition to militarism...my Kathy Kelly 60640 us reply: the first to be drafted should be age 40 and up. 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Yet old fathers send their own Caroline Webster 06018 us very young sons to the altar. 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