I served when the draft was in place, and it was a DISASTER for the military. And the people that want to reinstate it almost universally want to destroy the magnificent military we have now. Forcing a bunch of goof-off, malcontents into the military insures a weak, and left leaning military - exactly what the scum-bag liberal function wants!
That is right, the draft yields a weak, left leaning, impotent military. Just like the Israeli Military. Oops, maybe not.
I served during the draft, and from where I sat, it worked just fine.
I say bring it back and every family will have some “skin in the game”, and will think long and hard about having American blood shed for gang wars in 3rd world countries.
We have enough issues with first term enlistees coming out of our present society. The last thing we need is a bunch of draftees that don’t want to be there. Add to that the current size of the military and the draft would be so small it wouldn’t do any of the things the proponents want it to do.
No, it was a disaster for you, maybe, but by no means all, and not for the military either. I have heard laments from many like you, and they are more than balanced by those who wish they had not listened to their teachers, parents, friends, clergy, and all, and had joined. They realized later what they had missed.
“And the people that want to reinstate it almost universally want to destroy the magnificent military we have now.”
Exactly.
You don’t go to a draft as an end to keep us out of conflict. Because when we do go to a conflict you don’t have an elite military any longer.
We’d need to ramp up to 16 Divisions again, to play the attrition game.