[Jim Noble]

Thinking we'll go back to the army of the WWII is idiotic.

Why is that?

[Nonstatist]

Becasuse the Left, couple with their army of lawyers, will tie the "drafted army" into knots. Because you will have a tangible minority within the armed forces protesting (literally) ANY action that isnt 100% defensive . Because AWOLS will increase multifold, and because what you saw in the early '70's will occurr much earlier and with larger impact.

Look at Europe, most countrie's armies there are via draft and they do NOTHING. Thats Rangel's goal. Why else would he be in favor of it?? (and all those other leftists)

[Caesar Soze]

Thinking we'll go back to the army of the WWII is idiotic.

Why is that?

To begin with, we're not fighting World War II; we're not fighting with World War II weapons, etc., systems; we're not fighting the World War II Axis; we're not fighting on World War II battlefields; we went into this war with an operational Army, not a cadre Army; we're performing a counterinsurgency mission, not a fastest-mostest decisive battle mission; we don't have the public support we had during World War II; and we don't have the international support we had during World War II.

They say generals always try to fight the last war. I guess armchair generals always try to fight World War II.