Because of the technology used in a lot of the services now, it would take too much time and effort to train some draftee—who didn’t want to be there and would fight every step of the way.
Bad idea.
The only time a draft would be useful is if we were engaged in a land battle in Asia. And what idiot would do that.
“Because of the technology used in a lot of the services now, it would take too much time and effort to train some draftee—who didn’t want to be there and would fight every step of the way.”
Yeah, you got that right, just like they did in WWI WWII and Korea?
You’re right of course... I’d rather see us double the military budget, pay the troops better, and attract many more recruits with enlistment (and reenlistment) bonuses. People who don’t understand technology always seem to overestimate the technology vis a vis the individual human being. You can’t eliminate the human... without the human there IS no technology. Tech can be made to perform amazing things, but it’s always complicated, always difficult, and always prone to failure. It’s the prudent combination of human and technical that can make us invincible. But nothing will ever replace a will to win.