[Venturer]

The draft should have never stopped. I doubt it will ever come back, too many would flee to avoid it.

[muawiyah]

I prefer taxing the general economy to pay the soldiers and sailers a reasonable wage.

The draft is slavery ~ pure and simple.

[kabar]

The volunteer force is far better than the draft military, which I served in. Given the amount of training necessary to master the new technology, we can’t afford a revolving door military. And the numbers just don’t work. Most people would never be drafted given the manpower requirements versus the numbers available.

[vet7279]

Agreed!
If it is not important enough for everyone to go, then nobody goes!
I think most missed the point of the editorial. The premise that the wealthy/elitists are the ones that the politicians are really voting to support and they are NOT entering the military is the reason these "wars" last so long. Imagine if BO's daughter was being deployed? How long would it take him to withdraw or protect our forces?