Should the DRAFT be reinstated?

Question

This in in re: to the USA.

Answer 1

In my honest opinion as an active duty service member. I would rather work alongside someone who wanted to be in the military than someone who was forced into it. I don't wanna get killed or injured because someone that was drafted doesn't want to do their job. If you look back at the previous draft, the people that went ahead and volunteered were overall happier than the ones that had to be drafted. As long as we have sufficient numbers in the volunteer service and we have people that are willing to volunteer then NO, I do not think that the draft should be reinstated.

Answer 2

NO!!! The draft is the main reason so many of us protested the war in Vietnam, and the main reason the war was lost. (Oh, yes, it was lost; South Vietnam went communist, which was what we were supposed to be there to prevent.)

The draft is involuntary servitude, which is forbidden by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. That it is both involuntary and servitude is unmistakable, and I would not like to be the one to try to argue the government's case if it went before the Supreme Court today.

The draft is also unnecessary, as has been amply demonstrated by the modern military. The military are high-tech these days, and far fewer people are needed. And there will always be enough volunteers as long as the pay and benefits are kept up. Since those that do volunteer are the best trained, healthiest and (hopefully) most patriotic of any military we have had since the Revolution, I say if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

If we faced a threat to our own shores, you'd see millions signing up at once, and short of that, we simply don't need more than we can hire by the current process. Add that to the fact that the draft is in fact unconstitutional, and there's just no reason to reinstate the draft. In fact, I'd end the hypocrisy of draft registration, which is really just a ploy for the government to gather more information on some citizens than others.

Answer 3

Yes. I think there should be two forms of drafts. 1.) By the age of 21 you are required to join a military force of your choice--based on the needs of the Government. This means you can go Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine, or Coast Guards. 2.) By the age of 21 you can choose to serve as a civil servant--Become a Federal Employee.

Your choices will depend on how you scored on an aptitude test.

My reasoning is because many people questioned negatively against our Government and/or military without having a clue as to why the Government/military did what they did. There are many Government officials who never served in the military/work for civil service and they make illogical decisions everyday.

Other countries who have a countrywide draft produces civilians who knows more about the government than those who didn't get to serve. Thus, they don't negatively questioned their government, but rather they questioned and try to resolution the problem. (Korea, Germany, Israel are some of the countries who currently have a draft system.)

I believe that if we had, what I call, an open-draft system, we would produce true patriotic citizens who could make better decisions, based on better information for our Government and our Nation.

The kind of patriots we have now are blinded patriots. They're only patriotic because of a reaction to a world event in which a politician rallies us to cheer for our nation. Any other time, they're just civilians--not an "all-the-time" patriot--a true American.

(NOTE: Have you noticed that you couldn't get a company to make everything from t-shirts to whatever that had some form of the American flag or the letters U.S.A. on it about a decade ago? The companies said that they couldn't sell any because of lack of consumer interests. But when 9/11 occured companies became in demand for patriotic materials. This is a result of blinded patriotism. If we were all true Americans, you could go to the store and by something that shows or reads: I'm an American.)

Answer 4

Like it, or not, the draft may have to be considered, shortly. Our military is stretched thin with current deployments. With extensions and bars to retirement and discharges, there are many soldiers and families who are no longer ready for these situations. Given the first opportunity, many leave.

The problem with the current world situation and our military, is that it necessarily includes the National Guard in mix, leaving many states without their militias for catastrophe assistance, law enforcement, and other requirements for this sort of assistance.

Recruiting quotas are met, but declining during some periods. With growing areas of world and national tension, I think, eventually, the manpower pool will dwindle and require an alternative means of filling the vacancies in the ranks.

Answer 5

NO !!
The reason for this is look at all of the militaries of the world that have a Draft or a mandatory service obligation. Now look at the US Military. You will see a difference. The US Military is the most professional Military in the world. Every American Soldier, Sailor, Airman or Marine is in service because that is what they chose to do. They did not go into service because it was mandatory but because of their own free choice. Doing something that you personally choose to do equates to being more professional. A professional military will fight harder and longer than an unprofessional military.

Answer 6

Yes, it would supply a steady number for warm breathing bodies that would shorten the tours of duty in the combat zone for the deployed troops, and it would allow troops that had done a combat tour not to be sent back so quickly (16 months in zone, 9 months at home; lets be real that's not the way to do business).

Answer 7

No. We have more than enough volunteer soldiers to handle most anything needed in this day and age. Contrary to what the media and political idiots want you to believe, there is only a portion of our troops serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Answer 8

Yes, just as long as they include women. I would love to go to war. I even asked when I turned 18 if they have included women for the draft and if I had to sign up. Saddly, the answer was no.

Answer 9

Not so long as the volunteer service has sufficient numbers to provide a fighting force. Draftees are unruly and undisciplined.

Answer 10

Murtha and Rangle want the draft back