Conscription is slavery.
So freedom is free for some but costly for others?
Libertarians always remind me of class distinctions, a rather un-American sentiment.
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Conscription is slavery.
Conscription is slavery.
So freedom is free for some but costly for others?
Libertarians always remind me of class distinctions, a rather un-American sentiment.
Conscription is slavery.
So freedom is free for some but costly for others?
Libertarians always remind me of class distinctions, a rather un-American sentiment.
Conscription is slavery.
So freedom is free for some but costly for others?
Libertarians always remind me of class distinctions, a rather un-American sentiment.
When answering please consider economics, social aspects, politics, etc. I believe it would be beneficial, but would really like to hear other's views on this. Your opinion would be most helpful if you are not affiliated with the military, but any thoughts are most appreciated! Thanks!
Relying on a military jammed pack full of people who don't want to be there is a good thing? That didn't work out so well during Vietnam where the odds that a Lieutenant would be fragged by his own troops were incredibly high. So are you seriously asking if it might not be better if we return to making life hazardous for officers who would not only have to deal with the enemy but watch their back to make sure their own troops are putting a target on their backs?
No nation benefits from a military comprised of those who don't want to be there. They leave as soon as their time is up which drives up training costs. They are less efficient, less skilled, less motivated, more injury prone, more likely to inflict injuries on themselves, more likely to engage in criminal activity. When people are there by choice, training costs drop because they are more likely to stay in longer, over all more skilled and less accident prone because they are more motivated. Morale is best in an all volunteer military and the absolute worst among those who don't want to be there and most importantly, mortality rates tend to be significantly lower in an all volunteer force.
I have to wonder why you would even ask the question. The quality of our military took a massive jump when it went all volunteer and no one would seriously believe there is any benefit by changing that unless and until a war is depleting our forces faster than new recruits can make up the losses.
I oppose a draft but your post seems to put down draftees many of whom served extremely honorably in past wars.
Yea, it does. I'm harsh like that.
But I maintain that conscripts do not make particularly good soldiers - we have a professional military and most military personnel would, I think, prefer it that way. I know that my brothers would not want anyone out with them that was not a professional Marine.
Draftees would go through the same training as everybody else, they had a draft in ww2 and that seemed to work out well for this nation.
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) :: VFW Magazine
Retired Army major general Walter L. Stewart, Jr., writing in Military Review in 2006, summed up the contributions of draftees best: The power of Americas drafted and draft-induced armies defeated fascism and [Japanese] imperialism and maintained the 38th parallel in Korea. It would defeat the North Viet¬nam¬ese Army and Viet Cong in every fight of significance in Vietnam.
If you support a draft you are no different than a slave owner who trains his slaves to kill people. Please off yourselves now and make the world a better place.
If you support a draft you are no different than a slave owner who trains his slaves to kill people. Please off yourselves now and make the world a better place.
If you support a draft you are no different than a slave owner who trains his slaves to kill people. Please off yourselves now and make the world a better place.
If you support a draft you are no different than a slave owner who trains his slaves to kill people. Please off yourselves now and make the world a better place.
For sure - seems many today think only of themselves, weird world compared to the past.
Conscription is a bad idea unless one is in a war so monumental there is no other choice.
No professional warrior wants to fight with some pimply faced liberal arts major quivering next to him or her crying they really should not be there.
This is kind of depressing. A lot of what I've heard in response to this hasn't been political or moral debate, but children whining, "I don't wanna" - kind of a weighty statement about the state of American (and the world's) society, right? If you don't agree with my opinions - that's fantastic. That's American. If you just "don't wanna".... well, that's something else entirely and is rather contradictory to the classic American ideals.