[Cheburashka]

"Yes, a draft could bring in numbers but also a whole lot more headaches."
In the broader picture , a draft [without loopholes, or with very few of them] can also bring in increased social cohesion. This ought to be considered as a valuable societal benefit regardless of all the rest.
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Even at the height of the Viet Nam War we needed only 1/3 of each year class in the military. So loopholes were rampant because they needed such a low percentage.

So with no loopholes where do YOU plan to put all the bodies, since you're against loopholes? How are we going to afford a military of that size?

This is a Democrat con job, don't fall for it.

[GSlob]

I look [or try to look] further than the draft numerical requirements vis. the numbers in the male age cohort. Increased societal cohesion means, among other things, that it would become increasingly difficult to lose a war - be it Vietnam war or WOT - through the domestic media. I look for the societal benefits primarily in this area. And the army would not be that large, either - ca. 3 million, with 2 yrs service.