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It's only my opinion, but a return to the draft would undo all that was accomplished by all of those fine soldiers.

It's not that I disagree with you, per se, it's just that I don't understand your point at all.

How would a draft "undo?"

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It's only my opinion, but a return to the draft would undo all that was accomplished by all of those fine soldiers.

It's not that I disagree with you, per se, it's just that I don't understand your point at all. How would a draft "undo?"

Maybe my point is muddled. All I'm trying to say is that there were substantial growing pains from the advent of the all volunteer force. The fruits of those labors resulted in our military successes over the past 20 years. To return to a draft would, IMHO, negatively impact the effectiveness of our military.

As a society, we are too far removed from WW2, and the sacrifices that were necessary to defeat the Axis powers. There are other threats today, to be sure, but they are nowhere near the scope of 65 years ago.