Draft Realities: An unpopular truth

National War Review Online ^ | October 24, 2001 | Stanley War Kurtz

[sendtoscott]

WWIII is starting to look more and more like WWI.

[OWK]

The draft is of course, foundationally immoral.

OWK US Army Vet.
Volunteer.

[MetalHeadConservative35]

2 days after the attacks i was almost certain that by today i would be in afghanistan but im not ...although your right..the draft may occur..and if it does theres a good chance id get picked..but you know what im not afraid and ill tell you why im not...i believe that there is a time to be peaceful and a time not to i also believe that in the event that i would get drafted i am confident that god will be with me every step of the way..and when i die i will be in his kingdom im far from a model christian but i do know that god exists and is not the same god that our enemy believes in ..as far as this whole thing goes im willing to die for my friends and my family if my death helped to keep america safe..then so be it..right now U.S soldiers are insuring my freedom and i am eternally grateful.

god bless america

Michigans Madman

[weikel]

The draft would tie our hands as the president can dispatch volunteers where he needs them more easily than draftees. If there aren't enough volunteer soldiers than he could use mercanaries given all the mountains in Afghanistan I recommend hiring all the Gurkhas he can find.

[MetalHeadConservative35]

im working on my GED right now ...plus i got a younger sister to take care of but when i get the GED im considering the coast guard

[sailor4321]

You'd rather he call out the unorganized militia (which is, of course, quite Constitutional)?

I have to admit that if he called out the unorganized militia that would be an awful lot of people. Maybe he could just call out some of the unorganized militia. That, of course, would leave open the question of how to pick the ones to call out. Perhaps he could have the unorganized militia register with the government, then pick from them at random in targeted age groups. Those not picked in a given year would be guaranteed not to be called in the future.

Oh-my-God!! I've just described --- the DRAFT!!!

Signed, a former Sp/5, AUS.... :))

[grania]

Best wishes in finishing that GED. And, your first priority is taking care of your sister. You can't take care of your sister later; you can choose to serve when she's old enough to be on her own.

[MetalHeadConservative35]

thanks...but ill tell ya something about that 11 year old girl..shes a hardcore republican you should have seen her during the recount she was saying some pretty mean things about gore lol god bless that little girl

[EggsAckley]

For the past two decades I have felt that ending the draft was the worst thing that could have happened to the last few generations of young men. So many of them who are aimless, lazy, unmotivated, and stuck in minimum wage jobs, would have had a marvelous opportunity to learn discipline, a trade, further education, and a sense of self esteem. Reinstate the draft TODAY, is my opinion.

[OWK]

I didn't suggest we dispense with the military. I simply stated that conscription (forced servitude) is slavery, and hence immoral.

A free nation must be defended voluntarily, in order to be a free nation.

[max61]

So many of them who are aimless, lazy, unmotivated, and stuck in minimum wage jobs, would have had a marvelous opportunity to learn discipline, a trade, further education, and a sense of self esteem.

What makes you think that "aimless, lazy, unmotivated" persons would perform well in the military?. Hell, persons such as this would be nothing more than a waste of taxpayer money as they probably wouldn't even make it through basic training.

---max

[LiveFree99]

To solve our short term manpower shortages, I recommend the following:

1. Substantial reduction in ground forces in western Europe.

2. Immediate withdrawal of all American military personnel in Kosovo and Bosnia.

3. Suspension of enforcement of the no-fly zones in Iraq.

In the long term it's looking more and more likely that the US will be sucked into a prolonged ground campaign, our leaders' initial reassurances to the contrary not withstanding. This may be in Afghanistan, to "help" the NA a little in its march to Kabul, Iraq, or some other armpit of a country. If that happens a reinstatement of the draft would almost be a necessity, bringing with it vastly more discontent and opposition here on the home front.

[MarkM]

Wouldn't a draft today have to include women? It seems to me that opens up a whole new layer of political conflict and disunity.

[Jolly Rodgers]

For the past two decades I have felt that ending the draft was the worst thing that could have happened to the last few generations of young men. So many of them who are aimless, lazy, unmotivated, and stuck in minimum wage jobs, would have had a marvelous opportunity to learn discipline, a trade, further education, and a sense of self esteem. Reinstate the draft TODAY, is my opinion.

Are you so enthralled by social welfare programs that you would advocate converting the US military into such an institution?

[sendtoscott]

For the past two decades I have felt that ending the draft was the worst thing that could have happened to the last few generations of young men. So many of them who are aimless, lazy, unmotivated, and stuck in minimum wage jobs, would have had a marvelous opportunity to learn discipline, a trade, further education, and a sense of self esteem. Reinstate the draft TODAY, is my opinion.

What do you think about people who home-school their children? Should kids be forcibly placed in govt care to have their attitudes "adjusted" by govt agents only when they are military govt agents, or should public school govt agents get a crack at everyone's kids as well?

[sailor4321]

Horsehockey. So you would support a constitutional amendment to do away with the militia?

[Senator Pardek]

Given only the alternative between killing the enemy's civilians and a nation's own, the former should always be chosen.

[sailor4321]

And I support the draft not for what it will possibly do for draftees, but because the Founding Fathers very wisely were suspicious of a large standing army, which most certainly now have.

We're about to see the negative side of a large standing army on our freedom. What we have already seen is a tendency for do-gooders to use the army recklessly in overseas adventures --- in effect, our ability to intervene creates a foreign policy of intervention.