“It’s always a good idea to give automatic weapons and explosives to people who vehemently resent being forced into service”.
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Wow some leap there. Maybe they will learn to shoot and respect the weapon. Maybe they’ll shoot at real enemies instead of their neighbors. Maybe they will learn some respect and get them off the street corners and dark allies.
They should have never got rid of the draft.
Riiiiight.
They should have never got rid of the draft.
The draft should have ended in September 1945
Oh gee! Al Sharpton is that you?
I volunteered for the draft in '59, no regrets, got extended for 6 months by Kennedy during the Berlin crisis because I was stationed in Germany.
The Army was no nonsense, very tough {not like the Marines, but still very tough} and most of the top non-coms were vets of either WWII or Korea or both and having seen combat, had no use for whiners or bitchers and knew how to handle them.
My DI was a Korean War vet from Georgia, and that Johnny Reb, would literally kick your ass if you were dumb enough to challenge him.
For the most part, in today's specialist world, the Army grunt by the millions, is not necessary.
There is still a need for infantry, but those guys today are so far superior, in skills, training, strength, technology knowledge and desire that going back to a draftee Army makes very little sense.
If world events change, we can always change.