[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?

[EggsAckley]

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

You, sir, are being ridiculous. I am not enthralled by social welfare programs, and my post did not imply that. I know quite a few draft-age young men who would benefit greatly by learning discipline from the military (discipline that their parents and schoools didn't teach them, by the way.) That does not make the draft a "social welfare program." What it does do is offer a generation of young people a big chance at bettering themselves, and at the same time, provide national security. But maybe you're not interested in national security, or the betterment of young people.