our country lost something when it did away with the draft
While I think A.R. is an out-dated wind-bag, I too see some advantage in having the draft, namely, it would help some young fatherless males learn to be men in a time when far too many males have no masculine role models.
I totally disagree. Our current armed forces are professionals, and very good at what they do. We don't need to turn them into some social agency - esp. since our gov't has never figured out how to have a successful social agency.