Well, I agree with everything you said, except the draft. Draft for military service really isn't involuntary servitude (except the Crotch; that ought to be completely voluntary, like it used to be). You retain all the rights of American citizenship, except that you can be ordered to place your life in harm's way.
Military service is one of the responsibilities of being a citizen of any nation group, part of the implied compact. You live in great groups for security and protection anyway. Somebody has to fight, and the only way to keep that equatable is to give the governing body the say in acquiring soldiers in time of war.
Whether the feminists like it or not, this is a male responsibility. The matching female responsibility toward security and pretection of the nation is to bear and raise up children to become good citizens. Way I see it, anyhow.
Semper Fi '64 - '68
As a rule, you see it correctly, my friend. I hold the opinion that the draft IS involuntary servitude by its nature. Whether or not we should use it is yet open to question, although it has been well said that any society that cannot attract enough VOLUNTEERS to save it during wartime is likely not WORTH saving. Witness WWII, where they had the draft but most folks volunteered or called their draft board and asked to be called up... No shortage of volunteers!!!
I went to Parris Island in '67 and got to the SE Asian Wargames in '69... did you get to participate?
Semper fi!