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No Distinction

My prognosis is obvious, the
military plans will succeed in
increasing its power and control
over the "draftable" population by
presenting a "voluntary civilian"
option to participation in the army.
Please remember, as I've
emphasized throughout this article,
that there is presently no
distinction between the Defense
Department and the Selective
Service System; that the agency
(National Security Agency) which
decides civilian priorities is made up
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the
Vice President, the President and
anyone the President deems
helpful, and their priorities are
unquestionably pro-military.

Having presented my diagnosis
and prognosis. I wish to present a
cure, as well as a factor in the
Congressional deliberations largely
ignored (but well understood by
the Pentagon). Resistance to the
military option in this country is
greater now than ever before.
Government agencies cannot handle
the levels of noncooperation
already extant, and continuously
growing.