[LibWhacker]

This is the problem with not having a draft: Good patriotic American boys die, and their numbers dwindle . . . while DU scum skate, and their numbers grow.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Fourtunately you are wrong.
There will always be young men like Pat Tillman around when America needs them.

[RonF]

The problem with the draft is that you end up with a lot of unmotivated people in the military. With an all-volunteer army, you're dealing with a lot of people who not only don't want to be there (similar to draftees in our other wars), but also actively oppose the aims of the military (unlike, say, WWII draftees, but similar to Vietnam-era draftees). Which causes problems that affect military readiness. There's a reason why the military embraced the all-volunteer concept.