I understand the sentiment, but once you have conscription your foreign forays are examined much more closely. That is why European troops were so seldom used for decades; their attempts to hold onto their colonies with conscripted troops left a bad taste in the mouths of their citizens, and they now demand a lot more accountability for them.
If we had a draft, the invasion of Iraq would never have happened (and it probably shouldn’t have).
I disagree. If we had a draft we’d have several more divisions at least and a reserve force brimming with soldiers to occupy the two third world cesspools. The 82d and 1st Marines along with the rest of the active force would have been spared the multiple deployments. Oh...and the Romney boys would have participated.