Stop-Loss: The military "backdoor draft"-3/3

Stop-Loss: A Look at the US Military Policy that Creates a "Backdoor Draft" to Force Soldiers to Continue Service

With about 175,000 troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the US military has been forced to rely on a controversial policy known as "stop-loss" to force soldiers to continue serving after their voluntary stints had ended. We speak with two US soldiers: one on active duty in Iraq on his second tour of duty after being stop-lossed, the other facing redeployment after being stop-lossed. We also speak with Hollywood director Kimberly Peirce about her feature film, Stop-Loss. [includes rush transcript]

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• stop
• loss
• military
• iraq
• war
• democracy
• now

[sapperzulu]

stop-loss has been around since the 70s

[atlasshrugged2u]

I knew it! I knew it! I couldn't put my finger on it but I knew the gov't had to have a way to make you stay over there...Elite FUCKS!!!

[thecursedland]

it's terrible that this only has so few counts. This needs to be viral geesh!

[xanimeluver]

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[6151RichmondStreet]

Views: 400

[qatexic]

probably

[tercel3a]

View 139 is youtube blocking the hit counter