RE: National Service
February 13, 2017 at 2:18 pm
(This post was last modified: February 13, 2017 at 2:19 pm by Opoponax.)
I don't know about a compulsory national service, but I think the draft needs to be re-instituted. Although there's no way to know, I'd bet good money that W. wouldn't have dared to take us into Iraq if there were a draft.
All of Trump's bellicosity and bluster towards China and towards other nations in general would've prevented him from ever being elected. It would have likely inspired those young people who didn't vote to get off their asses and vote against him in the name of self-preservation. All the oh-so-noble third partiers, suddenly facing the prospect of them or their kids being sent off to die, would have likely more carefully considered their vote.
Americans are falsely insulated from the negative effects of war on this country because none of them have to go. It's largely the poorest--those who need a job who end up going.
Bring back the draft and put everyone's skin back in the game.
All of Trump's bellicosity and bluster towards China and towards other nations in general would've prevented him from ever being elected. It would have likely inspired those young people who didn't vote to get off their asses and vote against him in the name of self-preservation. All the oh-so-noble third partiers, suddenly facing the prospect of them or their kids being sent off to die, would have likely more carefully considered their vote.
Americans are falsely insulated from the negative effects of war on this country because none of them have to go. It's largely the poorest--those who need a job who end up going.
Bring back the draft and put everyone's skin back in the game.
