Conscription is just a mild form of slavery. I wouldn’t want anyone in my unit who didn’t want to be there. They turn out be a slow acting poison.
Some of them. But it is also true that there were many conscripts who served with distinction and did their job well.
But I am firmly against conscription except in cases of total unrestricted warfare. I think the quality of our forces since 1973 is a positive affirmation that an all volunteer force works, and works well.
As anyone knows who has spent even a short time in close contact with our modern military, they almost all bitch, gripe and complain to one degree or another.
Ususally, open griping is reduced to mutters when someone points out that they “signed up for it”...:)