[OWK]

The draft is of course, foundationally immoral.

OWK US Army Vet.
Volunteer.

[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.... :))

[Senator Pardek]

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

[Bobsat]

When did you volunteer?

[Paulus Invictus]

Nevertheless, we went and served. I had not a single thought of not serving, fleeing the country or saying that I deserved an exemption or writing that I "loathed the military." I admire the 'volunteers" but we draftees felt just as patriotic and certainly left lots of our buddies in foreign burial grounds, including some of my boyhood pals.

[constable tom]

The draft is of course, foundationally immoral.

You are correct, sir. I served in the all-volunteer USAF from 1982-1991 and it was the finest, most capable organization of which I've ever been a part. It makes a huge difference when every single person in the military volunteered to be there. In today's high tech military, it's quality that counts more than quantity. This isn't WWII where you need battalion after battalion of infantry armed with little more than rifles and hand grenades. Show that you treat the vets with dignity, sweeten the recruiting deals a little, bump up the recruiting budget, and in this economy and with the unprecedented degree of patriotism on display now, we'll have no trouble building our armed forces back up (Gee, thanks Bubba and the DemonRats) to the appropriate (Reagan era) levels the right way - with highly motivated and well-screened volunteers!