Exactly. The former "America" committed suicide.
Without a draft, the military is growing more and more abstract to Americans, it is something distant and remote.
As time goes by the military itself becomes another government job, seeking higher pay and benefits, better day care facilities, more comfortable living conditions and less danger and less warfare.
The draft not only produces massive reserves of trained military ready for call up, but it creates military veterans who know and care about the military when they vote.