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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bad idea. One volunteer is preferred to three ‘pressed men.


5 posted on 01/15/2013 12:27:49 PM PST by Jacquerie ("How few were left who had seen the republic!" - Tacitus, The Annals)
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To: Jacquerie
The folks who want the draft to come back have two goals:

1) Bring down the quality of the military, because -- as you say -- volunteers tend to be better quality than people who'd rather not be there.
2) Bring down the political acceptability of war. If the soldiers are not there by choice than neither the voters nor the politicians will be eager to put them in harm's way.

If you want the country weak, bring back the draft. That's what this is about.

13 posted on 01/15/2013 12:40:01 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Nothing will change until after the war.)
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To: Jacquerie

Draftees fought WWII, Vietnam was mostly volunteers, and draftees make fine soldiers, superior to females.

It is easier for drill sergeants to turn 18 year old draftees into warriors and change their minds about the challenges and fun of soldiering, than to change the realities of the limitations of the female sex.

This isn’t about a draft anyway, it is about national service.


33 posted on 01/15/2013 1:08:06 PM PST by ansel12 (Cruz said "conservatives trust Sarah Palin that if she says this guy is a conservative, that he is")
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To: Jacquerie

“One volunteer is preferred to three ‘pressed men.”

Considering the complexity of modern war machines, the ratio is likely even higher in many military specialties.


36 posted on 01/15/2013 1:11:45 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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