1) You’d have to draft women as well as men.
2) A volunteer force is inherently superior, so the quality of the military would go down.
3) We barely have the funds to field the personnel who currently volunteer. How do we pay for a big batch of conscripts?
It’s just an awful idea all around.
Try it this way. Everybody owes America two years of service after high school. First choice goes to the military services. Next, Public Health Service, Peace Corps, Americorps.
4) It would create a huge anti-military, anti-war backlash that would help Democrats win elections and make fighting any legitimate wars difficult to impossible.
Add to that, the equipment is no longer “basic”. You need intelligent and motivated soldiers. Draftees tend to be neither.
Although I said to bring back the draft to someone the other day; give those snowflakes something the really worry about.
I think their time will come.
It’s a great idea. 2 years mandatory service after high school. Tours can be volunteer only.
Teach them discipline and respect before they head off into the real world.