Conscription goes against everything a free society stands for. Our country was founded on the premise of the protection of our freedoms of life, liberty, and property. We are supposed to be united for the common defense, which is the only possible reason to have a draft, and still a flimsy one at that. Iraq is no threat to us. It never was.

Either way, I cannot allow myself to be drafted, if only because I am a pacifist, and cannot bring harm to another person, much less kill them. These have been core beliefs of mine long before I joined a belief system that held pacifism as it's core belief as well. Despite this, parts of what was going to become the new draft bill in 2004 establish that I am no longer able to "hide" behind my collegiate intentions. It also said that my beliefs would not help me either, as they would just assign me to a non-combat post, or relocate me to another part of the country for agricultural, or educational purposes.

I can understand a service in your hometown instead of military service, but relocation is almost as bad as compusory military service.