{"id":56085,"date":"2014-10-28T12:40:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T16:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=56085"},"modified":"2014-10-28T12:40:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T16:40:46","slug":"the-new-backdoor-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=56085","title":{"rendered":"The new “Backdoor Draft”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Post<\/a> writes that, with no fanfare from the media or from Democrats, or Republicans, for that matter, the President signed an Executive Order on October 16th which started a new “Stop\/Loss” period. <\/p>\n

This news was not widely reported. But, for any veterans of the global war on terrorism reading this: No, this is not a joke.<\/p>\n

Yes, our military is still shrinking. Despite continued \u201cnon-combat\u201d operations in Afghanistan, a renewed \u201cadvisory\u201d mission against a \u201cnew\u201d enemy in Iraq and even a mission to confront an infectious-disease crisis, the service chiefs are still obligated to continue downsizing the active force.<\/p>\n

Of course, both the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno have repeatedly testified on Capitol Hill that these cuts will leave the US military unable to respond should the need for another major operation arise.<\/p>\n

Even before getting handed the Ebola mission, Odierno warned of the high risk the nation faces.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The text of the Executive Order, according to the White House website<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Executive Order: Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Individual Ready Reserve Members of the Armed Forces to Active Duty<\/p>\n

EXECUTIVE ORDER<\/p>\n

– – – – – – –<\/p>\n

ORDERING THE SELECTED RESERVE AND CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO ACTIVE DUTY<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 121 and 12304 of title 10, United States Code, I hereby determine that it is necessary to augment the active Armed Forces of the United States for the effective conduct of Operation United Assistance, which is providing support to civilian-led humanitarian assistance and consequence management support related to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa. In furtherance of this operation, under the stated authority, I hereby authorize the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, under their respective jurisdictions, to order to active duty any units, and any individual members not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit of the Selected Reserve, or any member in the Individual Ready Reserve mobilization category and designated as essential under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, and to terminate the service of those units and members ordered to active duty.<\/p>\n

This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.<\/p>\n

BARACK OBAMA<\/p>\n

THE WHITE HOUSE,
\nOctober 16, 2014.<\/center><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The EO 13680<\/a>, was published in the Federal Register on October 23, 2014.<\/p>\n

Hollywood made movies about it when President Bush instituted Stop\/Loss during the War Against Terror – the media and the leftists (I’m being redundant, I guess) called it a “Backdoor Draft”, but I don’t see that happening this time around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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