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"LOL, I didn't believe in the draft either..."

Weeeel.. to be sure, I'm not sure I particularly like the idea of a draft, either. There is no question that for my particular situation, the military was exactly the sort of structure that I needed. The military is not the Vietnam era military that is probably in the popular culture stereotype. It is a very professional, career oriented force with outstanding NCO's and Officer corps. The Army in particular took a nosedive morale during the 70's. It is entirely clear to me now that enlisting when I was a bit younger would have been theoretically a much better idea than waiting till I was in my early 20's? A draft would have solved that dilemma nicely. Any talk of a draft is bound to be fraught with difficulties because of the rhetoric involved. If Social Security is the third rail in politics... If this subject is raised

Addendum: I should probably point out that the Vietnam era military was probably the finest ever fielded up to that point, in no way did I mean to construe the popular media image of that era soldier, sailor, airman or marine, et al.

I'm not worried about drafting fit young men, I know the army and marines can turn them into good troops, but the country has changed since the Vietnam war, now the draft would not be used to serve the needs of the army and marines, but instead would be used to convert the military into a new culture, also there would be a non-draft, draft, for those that don't want to, or can't go into the army or marines. The non-draft options would be used to indoctrinate the young, and to mostly serve the wants of the left.

Social engineering seems to be the goal of most new "national service" programs.