4/21/21 Edward Hasbrouck on Abolishing the Draft Once and for All - a podcast by Scott Horton

Scott interviews Edward Hasbrouck about the effort to finally abolish America’s “selective service” requirement, the modern-day remains of what was once the draft. Hasbrouck explains how, after Nixon abolished the draft in the 1960s, Jimmy Carter reinstituted the system we have today, partially to combat national anxiety over the Iranian revolution and hostage crisis. Hasbrouck says that what the draft really is is an assurance to America’s war planners that there will always be an unlimited supply of infantry troops to fight any war the government decides to wage. Taking this power away means putting some of the power to decide when the U.S. will actually fight a war back in the hands of the American people, where it belongs.



Discussed on the show:



“‘Selective Service Repeal Act’ Introduced in Congress” (Antiwar.com)

“Red Dawn (1984)” (IMDb)

Bill Texts: US SB1139



Edward Hasbrouck is a regular writer at Antiwar.com and maintains the blog, Resisters.info.



This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; Photo IQ; Green Mill Supercritical; Zippix Toothpicks; and Listen and Think Audio.



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