do you think that a draft should be made to require all young people 18 or older to serve in teh armed forces for a period of years. why do you support or oppose having a draft in your country for 18-year-olds.
support:
why would a draft help your country
dont support:
why woulda voluntary army might be better for the country
2006-11-04 04:05:47 · 13 answers · asked by Dana 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
NO exemptions for the children of politicians or government appointees.
2006-11-04 04:09:56 · answer #1 · answered by marianddoc 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you mean national service? Well, it's cheap and an effective deterrent against occupation. In Finland all of the male population are required to go through military training.
Of course, this means that om case of war. you have to have key industries and factories ready to start making assault rifles in a matter of hours.
The time varies, I served for a year to become a forward observer group leader, non-officers only have to serve 6 months.
We survived WW2 with this system, and regional defence under occupation is the defence of the future as all potential aggressors only have to study the history of such resistances and perhaps the present in Iraq.
There's a myth that national service military is weaker than a volunteer paid military, yet this is false. True, with a voluntary army, you could equip it better, as you don't need to produce enough for the whole population, yet, what does the size of the radio really matter, and GPS shouldn't be relied on anyway.
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Hah. Yet with a voluntary military the military is filled with nuts that can't or wont succeed in civilian life. Though, if the country is poor, THEN you will get quality personell into the military, however, no one is economically forced to the military in a welfare state, so, yes, the military would soon become a fringe population of nuts.
2006-11-04 04:17:42 · answer #2 · answered by dane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe all 18 year olds or older would benefit our military. It's bad enough that there are people that join the military today for all the wrong reasons, and to make people serve would just be bad. There is no need for a draft right now. Do you want to serve in the military? Does all your 18+ friends want to? It would not benefit our military or our country to force people to join.
2006-11-04 10:04:56 · answer #3 · answered by Nicole 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This one is two fold. Requiring all 18yr olds to serve for a period of time would teach alot of young people self discipline, respect, and the obesity problem in this country would quickly go away. But on the other hand (even though the military would pick up alot of valuable personnel) there would be more than enough dumb asses, ignorant people, and trouble makers. The military is a highly professional organization of incredible dedication and honor. Having a big influx of disrespectful, and morally unsound individuals would be very bad for overall morale and discipline. You cant argue that there is alot of stupid and ignorant people out there.
2006-11-04 04:23:01 · answer #4 · answered by sgtyetzer 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, no, no...
Some people, perhaps most people, are not at all suited to being in the military. Better to have a voluntary military where each individual decides before hand if he or she is suited for the kind of discipline they will be required to endure in the military.
Further, the ability to get sufficient volunteers is a sort of bellwether on the state of our nation. If volunteers are plentiful and quotas are made easily, we must assume people are willing to fight and die for what our country stands for. Otherwise, perhaps we need to rethink our national values and actions.
2006-11-04 04:20:10 · answer #5 · answered by oldprof 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Any country that can only field a fighting force to defend itself by conscription doesn't deserve to exist. A volunteer military is comprised of individuals that are willing to do what is necessary to defend their country. Draftees are harder to keep motivated and tend to drag moral down on a unit.
On the down side a volunteer army is comprised of the best that that country has to offer. And unfortunately some die in any conflict leaving the next generation without their genetic potential. I think that this is why cowardice has become so common in our society.
2006-11-04 04:16:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dont support the draft why make them serve let them choose. they are less likly to turn on you.if you force people to join the armed forces you are asking for a boat load of problems. they will act up to get kicked out they will turn on their unit and begin killing them which in a way helps the enemy. the draft is a bad idea let them choose less problems that way
2006-11-04 05:13:07 · answer #7 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think it should be a choice and i don't believe in a draft i thank if the people of this country think its still worth fighting for than they will and you will all ways have the power hungry and control freeks in the military so they will all ways be there..
i just ask is the country still worth defending and dieing for i sure as hell wouldn't
2006-11-04 04:15:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only people over 50 should be allowed to serve. It would put an end to war
2006-11-04 07:19:13 · answer #9 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lol don't start talking about a draft, all the boys will run off to canada
2006-11-04 06:19:20 · answer #10 · answered by kristycordeaux 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not all are qualified to serve in combat, but could possibly work in a munitions plant.
2006-11-04 06:11:10 · answer #11 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋