[CodeToad]

“”Conservatives” who don’t serve aren’t conservatives, they’re parasites. “

True, however, drafting them is the answer? What did the nation do or not do to allow someone to be such a coward in the first place? How did we arrive at a point where people don’t want to serve? Even in the Revolutionary War we had problems recruiting people because most didn’t believe in a war with England. Draftees, while many if not most did serve honorably, didn’t fair as well as the volunteers. If you want people to serve their country you have to give them an honorable country they desire to serve. Simply demanding it doesn’t get you anywhere, draftees or not. God help us if we have to draft people for a war on our soil, we might end up with a bunch of well trained and equipped traitors.

[GeronL]

“”Conservatives” who don’t serve aren’t conservatives, they’re parasites.

Wow. I hope you don't really believe that.

[Chainmail]

Drafting people is just forcing them to do their duty and I personally don't like the practice. Worse, I believe that drafting people makes them unlikely to fully accept military life/responsibilities and therefore less likely to be effective combatants.

I believe that any man who is physically able should join his country's armed forces and serve at least one enlistment. It is our duty as citizens and has the side benefit of getting everybody out of their little burgs and out into the rest of the country and the world. There is also the major side benefit of fully training all our young men in the use and employment of small arms. If we have a war going, then if one set of American young people are at risk, we should all be at risk.

[Chainmail]

Drafting people is just forcing them to do their duty and I personally don't like the practice. Worse, I believe that drafting people makes them unlikely to fully accept military life/responsibilities and therefore less likely to be effective combatants.

I believe that any man who is physically able should join his country's armed forces and serve at least one enlistment. It is our duty as citizens and has the side benefit of getting everybody out of their little burgs and out into the rest of the country and the world. There is also the major side benefit of fully training all our young men in the use and employment of small arms. If we have a war going, then if one set of American young people are at risk, we should all be at risk.