The Draft - A Good Idea?

[TAlderson]

The army's been missing it's recruiting quotas for many months now, and so is hiring dumber and dumber people:

http://www.slate.com/id/2133908/nav/tap1/?GT1=7641

So, here's the question:

Would re-instituting the draft, or some other kind of mandatory military service, be a good idea?

Now, I know all you anti-war people are going to say "Hey, it's not my war, I'm not gonna fight it." But think about it. If people knew they might have to fight in a war, they'd think twice before voting for someone who would go to war.

Also, it would give the army more potential soldiers to pick through.

Now, here's an interesting way to look at it:

Mandatory military service is like a form of taxation, only instead of money, you are providing a service.

Me, I think a draft might be inevitable if we keep going out and fighting this "War on Terror."

I just hope it will make people think twice about fighting in needless wars.

-Tyler

[lumpy]

No!

Lump

[TAlderson]

Theoretically, that's my answer, too. But I think a draft would be helpful to show people the consequence of their vote.

-Tyler

[Crandles]

Originally Posted by TAlderson

Theoretically, that's my answer, too. But I think a draft would be helpful to show people the consequence of their vote.

-Tyler

thats a good idea, only draft the pepole who voted republican
only problem is its never going to happen

[lumpy]

Think about it. I don't know anyone who voted to go to war in Iraq. That was Congress' job and they voted unanomously in favor of the war across party lines.

We are better served with an all volunteer military. My dad was drafted in '68 and he's told me some stories about the lack of disipline in the military in those days from the top down. The draft and an unpopular war resulted in a weakend military that didn't recover until the second Reagan term.

Not to mention the fact that our continuously improving military technology makes a draft unnessary. We simply don't need as many soldiers to fight a war today.

I've heard Vietnam described as a war that was lost on TV. The war in Iraq is being lost ONLY on TV!

Lump

[Smidgelton]

Originally Posted by lumpy

I've heard Vietnam described as a war that was lost on TV. The war in Iraq is being lost ONLY on TV!

Lump

I nearly stood up and clapped.

[brandondrury]

This is a recording forum so I'm going to use a recording analogy with the draft.

Most bands come in and record for 19 hours on Saturday and 15 hours on Sunday. The go through over 30 hours of miserable work in one weekend just to get through tracking the record. You can see how demoralized the band members are by the end of the second day. It shows intense dedication on the part of the band to persevere through such an ordeal. Their friends who come hang out certainly don't make it through the entire sessions because the are dedicated to the cause.

Now imaging something really serious like you are asked to blow people's heads off in a jungle or desert. You may even have your own head blown off. Do you think the real solidiers who volunteered for the Army want to be side by side wiith someone who doesn't want to be there. Maybe no one wants to fight a war, but there is a big difference between a real Army solidier and some guy who was forced into serving. I'd never want to go to war with someone who wasn't dedicated to the cause.

The draft is a terrible thing for all parties involved.

thats a good idea, only draft the pepole who voted republican

Do you really think that every person who voted Republican was for the war or the draft?

Brandon

[Crandles]

Originally Posted by brandondrury

Do you really think that every person who voted Republican was for the war or the draft?

no, but the war is a result of their actions

[lumpy]

Crandles,
Com'n. That's pretty vague. Back your statement up. I like to debate but I gotta have more to go on.
Lump

[Crandles]

My first post was made jokingly but unfortunately sarcasm doesn't transfer well over the internet. I'm not stereotyping all republicans as pro-war, I've just yet to meet one that isn't but I'm sure there are some out there and I can see how my first posts seemed like that.

In regards to the draft I think it is a bad idea becasue it forces people into war who don't want to fight. I know people who were drafted and have horrific stories about their time in the army. People who are against the war shouldn't have to fight in it. If there was a draft I think that only those who are for the war should be drafted and I think that if a policy like that was used a lot of people would change their minds about the war pretty damn quickly.