As we learned in Vietnam, it smply isn’t possible to occupy Third World cesspools over the long run. The Romneys still could have gotten deferments anyway.
My point was that if we had a draft, Americans definitely would have scrutinized the justifications for the invasion of Iraq more closely. Most Americans didn’t analyze it too closely because they weren’t being forced to send their sons over there.
After so many of the political and military leaders from the Vietnam War admitted that many mistakes were made, I don’t expect we’ll see a draft again in our lifetimes.
Well we occupied Korea which was as bad as anything anywhere on earth. As for the Romney boys all getting deferments...perhaps...but likely not all of them. In my opinion the correct answer to all the boys seeking to go on missions was that they could go on missions as soon as they were done with their two years in the infantry (or whatever).