Drafts are stupid and TBH, at the risk of being overly cynical, the US hasn't fought a war worth fighting since Korea. Everything has been a scam to keep the military-industrial complex going.
Please understand I mean no disrespect to the military branches of the US but this is directed at politicians. They abuse our service members and frankly I'm surprised we still spend so much on the military.
Also the idea that we need to draft people to fight Russia is laughable. Our military is so large and technically advanced we would destroy them. The only threat Russia poses to the US is with nukes; a conventional fight would go to the US alone. Add in US allies (essentially most of Europe) and it's no contest.
@sargentd said:
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What about you guys? Tim Bald made a good point. Our 18 year olds today are more frail than in the past...
That's a terrible point. You think we need a draft because...it would create more alpha males? That we have too many weak beta males?
Good lord 🤣😂🤣
Now, if you were to suggest that we follow a model some European countries follow where you have compulsory service after graduated high school/turning 18, then I could get behind that. You'd give kids a choice of either joining the military, joining some civil corp (to build bridges, pave roads, work in a national park), or go to higher education (albeit higher education should not be as emphasized as it is now).
I believe in compulsory service like that because the main issue with people these days isn't that they're "frail", it's that we've lost all connection towards working to a greater good, a common goal, a unified belief. They'd also be able to pick and choose what they do to some extent in an effort to figure out what they want to do, get some training, etc.
Drafts for specific conflicts, however, are bad. War is dumb and as we've seen for the past 70+ years, pretty pointless.
Oh and for the record, if there was a draft, I'd dodge it.
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