[Alberta's Child]

The U.S. ceased being a great country once it became legally and culturally accepted for the government to draft its citizens to fight in combat even when Congress never issued a formal declaration of war.

I still marvel at how docile and compliant a population must be for them to allow that sh!t to happen.

[DesertRhino]

That is true on a deeper level. The 14th Amendment made a draft illegal. No Involuntary Servitude except as punishment for a crime. No exceptions for a war, for draft, etc.
When Woodrow Wilson wanted to have a draft for his WWI adventure, he used serious some Progressive Era sophistry.

He said when Congress declared war on Germany, that was the entire nation “volunteering” through their representatives. So it was not a draft against their will. The entire nation had volunteered according to Woodrow, and the “Selective Service” was so named because they were merely selecting from a giant pool of volunteers!

Though it makes some angry, it is involuntary servitude.