Should the military draft be re-instated?

Discussion in 'Opinion POLLS' started by Moriah, Jan 8, 2020.

?

Should we bring back the draft?

  1. Yes, military service is good for youngsters. Bring back the draft.

    6 vote(s)
    28.6%
  2. No, let it remain voluntary. Don't bring back the draft.

    15 vote(s)
    71.4%
  3. I have no opinion on this issue.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. Aleksander Ulyanov

    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 9, 2013
    Messages:
    41,184
    Likes Received:
    16,180
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Vietnam is becoming something of a "Tiger" now, being one of the world's major tourist destinations, (it remains an overwhelmingly beautiful place) and that is more than a little galling to people like me, who lost several good friends over there and had it disrupt several years of my youth. IMO the Draft gives a bunch of psychotic old men the ability to kill lots of young ones and that's what they really want. We agree that it should be on the dustbin of history and I hope it stays there.
     
    Moriah and Sallyally like this.
  2. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2012
    Messages:
    150,180
    Likes Received:
    62,818
    Trophy Points:
    113
    they can just claim to have bone spurs like the current commander in chief
     
    Moriah and Sallyally like this.
  3. Lil Mike

    Lil Mike Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 4, 2011
    Messages:
    51,287
    Likes Received:
    22,667
    Trophy Points:
    113
    How about a draft restricted to Ivy league graduates?
     
  4. Aleksander Ulyanov

    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 9, 2013
    Messages:
    41,184
    Likes Received:
    16,180
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Did you serve at that time? Please answer honestly

    I wasn't born in WWII so we will never know but I have to think that I would probably never serve if I could legally avoid it, that is true. The purpose of a soldier is not to die defending his country but to make a soldier of the enemy country die defending his, I would never be near as that good at that as someone who volunteered to do so. There are plenty of roles in a war for people who don't fight
     
  5. Heartburn

    Heartburn Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 3, 2015
    Messages:
    13,499
    Likes Received:
    4,973
    Trophy Points:
    113
    I served in the Vietnam war but grew accepting that there was a draft and I was more likely than not to be called. I volunteered for the Navy. No, I wasn't a SEAL.
     
  6. Aleksander Ulyanov

    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 9, 2013
    Messages:
    41,184
    Likes Received:
    16,180
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    The Great Keggers of the early war determined the character for all the rest as both sides were too drunk for any further fighting.
     
  7. Maccabee

    Maccabee Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 15, 2016
    Messages:
    8,901
    Likes Received:
    1,062
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Short of a nuclear war or an invading army, the draft will not be implemented.
     
    Heartburn likes this.
  8. Moi621

    Moi621 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jul 13, 2013
    Messages:
    19,292
    Likes Received:
    7,606
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Endless Wars don't happen as badly
    when there is a draft.
     
  9. Blaster3

    Blaster3 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2018
    Messages:
    6,008
    Likes Received:
    5,302
    Trophy Points:
    113
    and society is just as quiet
     
  10. Spim

    Spim Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Nov 11, 2016
    Messages:
    7,664
    Likes Received:
    6,183
    Trophy Points:
    113
    no to draft, but keep registering
    no mandate, stay voluntary
    maybe give national guard more incentives to offer to give basic training for more peeps. trial boot camps? (mini basic)
    all should be encouraged on some levels.

    maybe expand the college/technical programs, do it direct and efficiently and include military or skills training. (which is really varied) a few percent turn out to have a real knack for it and make a career.

    the more peeps that have even a few weeks of training the better.
     
  11. gamewell45

    gamewell45 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Apr 10, 2011
    Messages:
    24,711
    Likes Received:
    3,547
    Trophy Points:
    113
    The soldiers paychecks come from the government; hence they are employers.
     
  12. Moi621

    Moi621 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jul 13, 2013
    Messages:
    19,292
    Likes Received:
    7,606
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Not Hardly

    Normal :flagus: wised up and took to the streets
    got us out of Vietnam.
    That required the draft and spreading the hurt of
    Not At War, War. aka Endless War
     
    Sallyally likes this.
  13. Aleksander Ulyanov

    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 9, 2013
    Messages:
    41,184
    Likes Received:
    16,180
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Why just from 18 to 21? We need soldiers of all ages. Three years of active duty and a lifetime of Reserve

    You see here the Great Conservative Wet Dream, Not a country with an army but an army with a country. Everyone with living lives totally bound up with military discipline and the proper respect for their betters. And especially none of that pesky bs about "rights" the lower orders were always going on about

    "Only by unquestioning obedience to our leaders can we preserve our Freedom"
     
    Last edited: Jan 23, 2020
    Sallyally likes this.
  14. Bluesguy

    Bluesguy Well-Known Member Donor

    Joined:
    Jun 13, 2010
    Messages:
    153,338
    Likes Received:
    39,002
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    We have selective service in place. If we started "running out" just a matter of having the first lottery.
     

Share This Page