It is now time for a "Soft" Military Draft

[gipper]

What we need is to eliminate the military.

 

[Dayton3]

What we need is to eliminate the military.

That is insane and would massively endanger the U.S., its citizens, and its economy.

 

[gipper]

What we need is to eliminate the military.

That is insane and would massively endanger the U.S., its citizens, and its economy.

You have that exactly wrong. Our massive military endangers our freedom, economy, and our lives. As all prior empires built on huge imperialistic militaries, ours will die too.

 

[Dayton3]

What we need is to eliminate the military.

That is insane and would massively endanger the U.S., its citizens, and its economy.

You have that exactly wrong. Our massive military endangers our freedom, economy, and our lives. As all prior empires built on huge imperialistic militaries, ours will die too.

What makes you think the U.S. military is huge? And don't babble about how the U.S. defense budget compares to that of other nations. That is a meaningless figure as the U.S. spends more on personnel than any other nation.

 

[gipper]

What we need is to eliminate the military.

That is insane and would massively endanger the U.S., its citizens, and its economy.

You have that exactly wrong. Our massive military endangers our freedom, economy, and our lives. As all prior empires built on huge imperialistic militaries, ours will die too.

What makes you think the U.S. military is huge? And don't babble about how the U.S. defense budget compares to that of other nations. That is a meaningless figure as the U.S. spends more on personnel than any other nation.

Lol. If you don’t know it’s huge, you’re terribly uninformed.

 

[Dayton3]

What we need is to eliminate the military.

That is insane and would massively endanger the U.S., its citizens, and its economy.

You have that exactly wrong. Our massive military endangers our freedom, economy, and our lives. As all prior empires built on huge imperialistic militaries, ours will die too.

What makes you think the U.S. military is huge? And don't babble about how the U.S. defense budget compares to that of other nations. That is a meaningless figure as the U.S. spends more on personnel than any other nation.

Lol. If you don’t know it’s huge, you’re terribly uninformed.

I've studied the U.S. military for decades. It would seem much more likely that you are the one who is uninformed.

 

[gipper]

What we need is to eliminate the military.

That is insane and would massively endanger the U.S., its citizens, and its economy.

You have that exactly wrong. Our massive military endangers our freedom, economy, and our lives. As all prior empires built on huge imperialistic militaries, ours will die too.

What makes you think the U.S. military is huge? And don't babble about how the U.S. defense budget compares to that of other nations. That is a meaningless figure as the U.S. spends more on personnel than any other nation.

Lol. If you don’t know it’s huge, you’re terribly uninformed.

I've studied the U.S. military for decades. It would seem much more likely that you are the one who is uninformed.

Lol. Tell me what nation’s military outspends all others? What nation has military personnel in nearly every nation on earth? What nation has the most foreign bases, by a long shot?

Studying US military HISTORY won’t give you the answers. Lol. You need to know what is happening TODAY.

 

[Dayton3]

What we need is to eliminate the military.

That is insane and would massively endanger the U.S., its citizens, and its economy.

You have that exactly wrong. Our massive military endangers our freedom, economy, and our lives. As all prior empires built on huge imperialistic militaries, ours will die too.

What makes you think the U.S. military is huge? And don't babble about how the U.S. defense budget compares to that of other nations. That is a meaningless figure as the U.S. spends more on personnel than any other nation.

Lol. If you don’t know it’s huge, you’re terribly uninformed.

I've studied the U.S. military for decades. It would seem much more likely that you are the one who is uninformed.

Lol. Tell me what nation’s military outspends all others? What nation has military personnel in nearly every nation on earth? What nation has the most foreign bases, by a long shot?

Studying US military HISTORY won’t give you the answers. Lol. You need to know what is happening TODAY.

As I've pointed out, the U.S. overwhelmingly spends its military budget on personnel. When it comes to spending on procuring weapons, China actually outspends the U.S.

The Chinese military overall (with the exception of nuclear weapons) is larger than that of the U.S. in raw size.

The number of U.S. military personnel stationed overseas is a small fraction of the number that there was 30 years ago.

Most of what you and others call "foreign bases" are very small scale facilities that don't fit the typical definitions of "military bases". At any rate, the U.S. has to have some types of facilities overseas because our military is entirely expeditionary forces. Our troops can't simply walk or drive to a potential combat zone.

 

[gipper]

I’m not buying any of that. The US far puts

What we need is to eliminate the military.

That is insane and would massively endanger the U.S., its citizens, and its economy.

You have that exactly wrong. Our massive military endangers our freedom, economy, and our lives. As all prior empires built on huge imperialistic militaries, ours will die too.

What makes you think the U.S. military is huge? And don't babble about how the U.S. defense budget compares to that of other nations. That is a meaningless figure as the U.S. spends more on personnel than any other nation.

Lol. If you don’t know it’s huge, you’re terribly uninformed.

I've studied the U.S. military for decades. It would seem much more likely that you are the one who is uninformed.

Lol. Tell me what nation’s military outspends all others? What nation has military personnel in nearly every nation on earth? What nation has the most foreign bases, by a long shot?

Studying US military HISTORY won’t give you the answers. Lol. You need to know what is happening TODAY.

As I've pointed out, the U.S. overwhelmingly spends its military budget on personnel. When it comes to spending on procuring weapons, China actually outspends the U.S.

The Chinese military overall (with the exception of nuclear weapons) is larger than that of the U.S. in raw size.

The number of U.S. military personnel stationed overseas is a small fraction of the number that there was 30 years ago.

Most of what you and others call "foreign bases" are very small scale facilities that don't fit the typical definitions of "military bases". At any rate, the U.S. has to have some types of facilities overseas because our military is entirely expeditionary forces. Our troops can't simply walk or drive to a potential combat zone.

I not buying any of that. The US far outspends China and Russia on military spending. No nation has anywhere close the number of foreign military bases.

What combat zones? The ones we make? If we’d mind our own business rather than impose our will for the benefit of the ultra wealthy and bankers, there wouldn’t be combat zones.

You are missing the forest for the trees.

 

[Dayton3]

I’m not buying any of that. The US far puts

What we need is to eliminate the military.

That is insane and would massively endanger the U.S., its citizens, and its economy.

You have that exactly wrong. Our massive military endangers our freedom, economy, and our lives. As all prior empires built on huge imperialistic militaries, ours will die too.

What makes you think the U.S. military is huge? And don't babble about how the U.S. defense budget compares to that of other nations. That is a meaningless figure as the U.S. spends more on personnel than any other nation.

Lol. If you don’t know it’s huge, you’re terribly uninformed.

I've studied the U.S. military for decades. It would seem much more likely that you are the one who is uninformed.

Lol. Tell me what nation’s military outspends all others? What nation has military personnel in nearly every nation on earth? What nation has the most foreign bases, by a long shot?

Studying US military HISTORY won’t give you the answers. Lol. You need to know what is happening TODAY.

As I've pointed out, the U.S. overwhelmingly spends its military budget on personnel. When it comes to spending on procuring weapons, China actually outspends the U.S.

The Chinese military overall (with the exception of nuclear weapons) is larger than that of the U.S. in raw size.

The number of U.S. military personnel stationed overseas is a small fraction of the number that there was 30 years ago.

Most of what you and others call "foreign bases" are very small scale facilities that don't fit the typical definitions of "military bases". At any rate, the U.S. has to have some types of facilities overseas because our military is entirely expeditionary forces. Our troops can't simply walk or drive to a potential combat zone.

I not buying any of that. The US far outspends China and Russia on military spending.

Actually that is debatable.

Focusing on quality over quantity in the US military budget | Brookings

Michael O’Hanlon and James Miller argue that, instead of focusing on the size of the U.S. defense budget, more focus should be given to the quality of the armed forces.

www.brookings.edu

 

[Dayton3]

If we’d mind our own business rather than impose our will for the benefit of the ultra wealthy and bankers, there wouldn’t be combat zones.

What makes you think that? You have any evidence to support such a claim? I have plenty of evidence the opposite is true. Such as U.S. maintaining a tiny military and isolationist policies leading up to World War Two. Neither of those did a thing to prevent the Germans and Japanese from attacking us.

Try studying some history.

 

[Concerned American]

Plan to Fulfill Our Commitment to Military Families | Joe Biden

As parents of a service member who deployed to Iraq, the Bidens know that not just military members sign up to serve our nation, it's their families too.

joebiden.com

President Biden and his charming wife have embarked on a campaign to get American support - personal and taxpayer - for military families that may be struggling in one way or another. Fine.

But the American military is, in a sense, fucked up. The traditional makeup of a "battle ready" military force is led by officers and NCO's - career soldiers - with a large number of people who have crudely been described as "canon fodder." These unfortunates were either draftees or short-term enlistees, and although it sounds callous to say it, were considered sort of expendable in battle. These are the ones who "fought and died" for their country. The officers and NCO's occasionally got killed, but the canon fodder were put out front, in the greatest danger.

But the "all-volunteer" military has destroyed that paradigm. Everyone is presumably a long-term soldier, a long-term "investment," and NO ONE is now deemed expendable. This is why the casualty rates in Iraq and Afghanistan are a small fraction of what they were in Vietnam and other historical wars. NO ONE is expendable.

In order to bring the all-volunteer army to fruition, "we" have had to dramatically increase the compensation of the lowest rungs, enhance the benefits, make it feasible for the lowest rungs to GET MARRIED (which was not economically feasible under the old paradigm - the main income for married couples with a low-level enlisted man during Vietnam was the non-military spouse's income). And even at this much higher level of compensation, many married enlisted people are struggling financially.

But again, this is fucked up. The lowest level soldiers SHOULD BE single men, ages 18-24, who plan to get the hell out of the service in 2, 3, or 4 years. "Short timers," so to speak. And they should constitute a numerical MAJORITY of those in uniform. As a result of our perverse military paradigm today, we have an ungodly expensive military force that we hesitate to put in harm's way, because (a) we have invested a lot in training them, and (b) most of them HAVE FAMILIES! This is nuts! What we need is Canon Fodder.

So I propose a "soft" military draft. The "soft" draft will be implemented as follows:

Every American must register for the Draft at age 18. Every registrant must take a short battery of written tests to assess their intelligence, aptitudes, and suitability for military service. They will be asked if they have any specific plans for the short term future...jobs, college, trade school, etc. They will also be given a physical examination to determine whether they are healthy and could be brought into good physical condition in a reasonable period of time.

THEN, the military services would be given the ability to INVITE candidates who meet their criteria to enlist in their branch of the military service. The candidates will be REQUIRED to respond to the invitation, and an absolute rejection would be an acceptable response. But it would give the military services the opportunity to sell their package, indicate what training would be given, and what an enlistment would entail, including pay, benefits, work assignments, veterans' benefits, and so on. It would be made clear that MARRIAGE and CHILD-BEARING are not compatible with this enlistment, and either one would be grounds for discharge under the new Soft Draft guidelines.

These enlistees would be limited to grade levels E-1 through E4, and a re-up would be required for consideration for higher advancement.

The objective would be to purge married soldiers from the lower enlisted ranks. Those currently in that situation wouldn't be tossed out, but in five years the objective would be to have all single people in the E1-E4 ranks. At the same time, the frivolous objectives of "diversity" and inclusion could be implemented painlessly.

It's a good thing I'm not Emperor. I would do this immediately.

I think service should be compulsory for all 18-20 year olds. Not necessarily military, but two years of compulsory service to the country for the privilege of living here.

 

[gipper]

If we’d mind our own business rather than impose our will for the benefit of the ultra wealthy and bankers, there wouldn’t be combat zones.

What makes you think that? You have any evidence to support such a claim? I have plenty of evidence the opposite is true. Such as U.S. maintaining a tiny military and isolationist policies leading up to World War Two. Neither of those did a thing to prevent the Germans and Japanese from attacking us.

Try studying some history.

Lol. You don’t know history. If you did, you would know the dangers of having a large standing army. Read up on it.

 

[Dayton3]

If we’d mind our own business rather than impose our will for the benefit of the ultra wealthy and bankers, there wouldn’t be combat zones.

What makes you think that? You have any evidence to support such a claim? I have plenty of evidence the opposite is true. Such as U.S. maintaining a tiny military and isolationist policies leading up to World War Two. Neither of those did a thing to prevent the Germans and Japanese from attacking us.

Try studying some history.

Lol. You don’t know history. If you did, you would know the dangers of having a large standing army. Read up on it.

I've taught American and World History for years genius. You read up on it. If you can read of course (which is debatable).

 

[Likkmee]

PROFESSOR. Who was William Walker, sir ?

 

[Likkmee]

FESTER. What was Jose Figuerez most famous accomplishment ?

 

[Likkmee]

PHD. Art Chacon ?

 

[Likkmee]

Maestro. Don Ocar Arias Sancez ?
Which world do you refer to ?

 

[Dogmaphobe]

What we need is to eliminate the military.

That you, Xi?

 

[gipper]

If we’d mind our own business rather than impose our will for the benefit of the ultra wealthy and bankers, there wouldn’t be combat zones.

What makes you think that? You have any evidence to support such a claim? I have plenty of evidence the opposite is true. Such as U.S. maintaining a tiny military and isolationist policies leading up to World War Two. Neither of those did a thing to prevent the Germans and Japanese from attacking us.

Try studying some history.

Lol. You don’t know history. If you did, you would know the dangers of having a large standing army. Read up on it.

I've taught American and World History for years genius. You read up on it. If you can read of course (which is debatable).

Then surely you know the dangers of a large standing army.