You've Been Drafted

Posted By Blackfive

There's been a lot of turmoil over the possibility of a military draft. Mostly, a lot of left-wing periodicals are claiming that, if Bush is re-elected, a military draft will be instated. Some politicians have been calling for a draft as a means to generate discussion about the committment of Americans on the War on Terror.

Military draft idea simply will not die
Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

WASHINGTON - No matter what the Pentagon says, the idea of restarting the military draft never seems to go away.

Defense officials say they don't want it. And polls show the American public doesn't either. So why do lawmakers keep suggesting that conscription be reconsidered?
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Analysts say there are two main reasons the idea keeps coming back. One is that even with its 1.4 million active-duty volunteers and thousands more reservists, the United States seems to have too few troops for the wars it is fighting.

The other is a kind of guilt that the cost of the wars is being paid by very few Americans, analysts said...

Ask any combat military person (any branch) if they want a draft. Chances are that they'll say, "Hell no!"

I wouldn't want a draftee in a foxhole next to me. I'd want a volunteer. Why?

You tend to be more motivated to fight and take care of each other if you volunteered rather than were forced to serve your country. If there were a draft, the first thing I would tell any of my friends that were still in the military would be to volunteer for Airborne, Ranger, Special Forces, etc. training. Join a force where everyone volunteers and you're chances of surviving conflict will be much better.

I enlisted ten years after the Viet Nam war ended. We still had left-over draftee dregs. I wouldn't want to see a draft return and ruin our all-volunteer force.

That's beside the point because every last one of us has already been drafted...on September 11th, 2001. Some people just don't get it. The Draft isn't the issue. We must take care of our military - THAT'S THE ISSUE!

A last thought that you should consider in discussing the draft: Do we have a military force that is worthy of us and does our force have a country worthy of it?

The answer must be yes to both questions or we will fail. It's that simple.

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You've Been Drafted

There's been a lot of turmoil over the possibility of a military draft. Mostly, a lot of left-wing periodicals are claiming that, if Bush is re-elected, a military draft will be instated. Some politicians have been calling for a draft as a means to generate discussion about the committment of Americans on the War on Terror.

Military draft idea simply will not die
Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

WASHINGTON - No matter what the Pentagon says, the idea of restarting the military draft never seems to go away.

Defense officials say they don't want it. And polls show the American public doesn't either. So why do lawmakers keep suggesting that conscription be reconsidered?
<...>
Analysts say there are two main reasons the idea keeps coming back. One is that even with its 1.4 million active-duty volunteers and thousands more reservists, the United States seems to have too few troops for the wars it is fighting.

The other is a kind of guilt that the cost of the wars is being paid by very few Americans, analysts said...

Ask any combat military person (any branch) if they want a draft. Chances are that they'll say, "Hell no!"

I wouldn't want a draftee in a foxhole next to me. I'd want a volunteer. Why?

You tend to be more motivated to fight and take care of each other if you volunteered rather than were forced to serve your country. If there were a draft, the first thing I would tell any of my friends that were still in the military would be to volunteer for Airborne, Ranger, Special Forces, etc. training. Join a force where everyone volunteers and you're chances of surviving conflict will be much better.

I enlisted ten years after the Viet Nam war ended. We still had left-over draftee dregs. I wouldn't want to see a draft return and ruin our all-volunteer force.

That's beside the point because every last one of us has already been drafted...on September 11th, 2001. Some people just don't get it. The Draft isn't the issue. We must take care of our military - THAT'S THE ISSUE!

A last thought that you should consider in discussing the draft: Do we have a military force that is worthy of us and does our force have a country worthy of it?

The answer must be yes to both questions or we will fail. It's that simple.

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