class debate?

Question

i am doing a debate in class about the military. This is the topic "Resolved: The United States Federal Government should estaclish a mandatory draft of all citizens 18 and older, except those still enrolled in high school. What are some good contentions or things i should know that are valuable for both the negative and the affirmative sides of this debate.

Answer 1

Negative:
It still won't apply to everyone. Those physically unfit will be rejected. Some people would maim themselves when their number was called. Also the mentally ill and people that are or have served federal crimes will be rejected too. Your number up? Just rob a bank or threaten to bomb a federal building and you won't have to serve in the military.

It will cost more. A larger army (the whole reason for a draft) will be come to expensive during peace time and will increase if a draft was put in during fighting. People are complaining that the Iraqi fighting is expensive now will scoff when it becomes 5 to 7 times more expensive if there was a draft. Each soldier gets $17,500 worth of gear plus housing, food and a pay check. For just the basics, it'll cost $20 billion a year for 500,000 troops and then there is moving costs, weapon systems for them to use (they aren't just going to walk around with their rifles, they are going to be put in some kind of vehical) and of course just having bases would be expensive. The whole reason why there was a down size in the military in the first place was the cost.

Not only will the military get people that want to fight, they will get ho hum people that don't care if they live or die. Corruption was rampant during the draft. During the Battle of the Buldge, 20% of the equipment from both sides ended up on the black market during the fighting. The black market was rampant during the Korean and Vietnam war too.

Positive:
During war, it'll give solders more time for rotation and training. During the draft soldiers were expected to see only like 1 year of combat per tour, but they could sign up for more. Even then, people freaked out and had post tramatic stress. Also one year decresses survivability. The longer a person stays in combat, the more the person knows how to survive. Constantly green soldiers would increase the death and wound rate and the new soldeirs would keep making the same mistakes.

Answer 2

When I was in the AF there was too many people there then, that was given the choice to go to jail and do their time or to join the military. The military learned the hard way why not to do this. Believe there are enough intelligent people in society to stop a draft from being implemented now. Our kids have enough to worry about in Iraq without sending them a few of our societies problem individuals. It's not that you would ask yourself; why should I cover their ***? You would know they would not cover yours. We need to keep enlistment voluntary.

Answer 3

negative:
the Iraqis participating in a civil war have more people in crossfire
Low morale
Young people cannot get a college education directly after HS

positive:
more soldiers, but most will be sent to Iraq where we shouldn't be

Answer 4

No!
All pro-Zionist Americans must go to combat against Iran if they really want a war against Iran.