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Originally Posted by NoSocialism.com
Well if not the draft then something needs to be done to entice more people to join the Military. At the rate we're going we'll be completely defenseless in a couple hundred years. Then what do we do when there are Barbarians at the gate?
Too many people take citizenship in this country for granted, they want to just take, take and take, but give nothing back in return.
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Defending our freedom is a noble thing, but if we throw nearly all of our tax money at the military to fight off "barbarians," then what else are we really defending? We'd be protecting a shell of a country with little to show for.
Also, fighting is not the only answer. There are negotiations, diplomacy, treaties, and the like. Fighting should be the final alternative, one that we turn to when all other attempts at compromise and peace have failed. However, if an invading army were to appear on our shores, then - yes - I would gladly take up arms!
Besides, I am paying - through my taxes - for someone else to fight for me.