ADM. Zumwalt said the fact that the vast majority of those that served and died came from the lower and middle classes-was a great American Tradgedy. In fact Bush insistance during his campaign-that there will not be a draft was a reassurance to his base that there children would not have to serve.
2007-02-20 03:25:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
No, but compulsory military service would work a lot better.
CMS doesn't mean our children would have to serve overseas nor would they have to engage in combat. National Guard, Coast Guard, and Civil Air Patrol are fine substitutes for participation in the Army, Navy, or Air Force. Also, those who are engaged in military intelligence, medical, or religious or any other contracted support should be exempt from armed service because they are already helping us out.
The problem with defining a guaranteed lottery is that everybody will never be satisfied with if the lottery is actually working since politicians are so notoriously known for making backroom deals. Also, drafted armies don't work as well as professional armies, so when more people start getting killed, there will be a tremendous outcry to rescind the draft and those who are connected will get withdrawn first. And then there's the whole deal of further politicizing the military - do we really want the officer corps to be worried about giving the right guys the right promotions like it was in 17th century Europe?
CMS could also allow people to ask where they would like to serve while offering incentives for the most dangerous positions. Now I'm not saying positions should be contracted or guaranteed and I'm also not saying the military should become as convoluted as social security. All that's being suggested is that soldiers would get to pick where they would like to be deployed and if works out then they can go there. For the most part though, deployment would be determined by military needs not personal ones.
2007-02-20 04:57:17 · answer #1 · answered by Mikey C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There will always be loopholes that people will use to get out of a draft. The people who would write the laws for the draft have children. They know that their kids may serve. This gives them reason to put in a few exclusion clauses. These clauses will be used by people whenever possible. Odds are, it will be clauses that somehow favor the rich. If the lawmakers made it any other way then the draft would be meaningless because everyone would find a way to be excluded.
2007-02-22 03:59:13 · answer #2 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you a vet? I wonder how many of you egalitarian military service promoters actually served in the military. What steps were done to insure Slick Willie did his military time back in the day? Yes, I am a vet. I'd rather fight alongside a battalion of poor VOLUNTEERS than a bunch of spoiled, half-hearted draftees
2007-02-20 05:36:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it will never happen like that until money is worthless.
2007-02-20 03:29:55 · answer #4 · answered by nassim420 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-22 02:10:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋