do you think we'd be at war?
2007-01-07 00:26:39 · 14 answers · asked by Luis T 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The rich would still figure out a way of keeping their children from going. It would be the poor, middle class who would be affected. Do you believe Cheney or Bush's families including all the other big shots would allow their family members to go and be in harms way?
2007-01-07 00:39:34 · answer #1 · answered by us5we2 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We are already at war. Add a draft on top of this, and yes, I think chaos would erupt. I believe most Americans would vehemently oppose a draft because it would suddenly force millions to rethink their opinion of our government's opinion. For example, how many Moms and Dads are going to freely let their child go to the middle of a war-torn desert to die in the name of an object (WMD) that never existed? More specifically, maybe we would all do a little bit more research about the validity of our government's proclamations before we allowed our children to be shipped off and murdered. We cannot allow ourselves to eat everything that our government silver-spoon feeds us.
Anyway, at the end of the day, it would be the middle and lower classes most affected. The rich kids would be studying international business laws at Yale so they could take over the multi-trillion dollar family business of reconstructing and rebuilding the nation that we blew up.
I served my country and I have four children. I have told all my children that this is not a government I would entrust their lives with and I mean that. Even as a US Veteran, if there were a draft imposed that would affect my own kids in today's state of affairs, I am packing our bags and moving my children to Canada.
2007-01-07 08:54:05 · answer #2 · answered by lovemcss 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The draft is a multi-step process:
1) Congress and the US President authorizes a draft.
2) There is a "lottery" based on birthdays.
3) The Selective Service Directors and Reserve Forces Officers are activated.
4) The registrants who were called up are evaluated at a MEPS.
5) Local and appeal boards are activated and induction notices are sent out.
6) First draftees are inducted.
2007-01-07 13:27:07 · answer #3 · answered by Kilroy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the draft was instilled, what would happen would be this;
the entire country would be in an uproar. 75% of the people here would rally against it, protest and a very large portion would dodge.
The people that now say "i support the troops" would in all probabilty change their tune.
Installing a draft to Iraq would most likely tear this country apart. We already stand together by a very thin thread, held together only by baseball and the love of cheap beer, that anything too extreme in either direction can split us right down the middle.
... Again.
2007-01-07 08:39:11 · answer #4 · answered by mettophobic 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, without a war, why would we have a draft?
2007-01-07 09:53:10 · answer #5 · answered by netnazivictim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reagan forgave the draft dogers that came to Canada during Nam,Is the next plug going todo the same,I'm not so sure.Uprising and larger Kent State type protests for sure.Good viewing on CNN when it comes.
2007-01-07 08:37:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
We'd still be at war, but Canada's population would double. :)
2007-01-07 08:38:59 · answer #7 · answered by Bob 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We'd just run up a debt we don't need to have.
2007-01-07 08:35:14 · answer #8 · answered by JudiBug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Currently a solely democratic proposal that will Not Pass!
2007-01-07 08:37:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People would be forceably compeled to go into the armed forces, what else?
2007-01-07 12:35:11 · answer #10 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋