As a Soldier, I have spent the best part of a decade constantly striving to be a better and more professional Soldier. I have, throughout this time been surrounded by those like myself.
For most of us, Soldiering is more than just a job where you get to play with automatic weapons in other countries now and then.
It is a way of life.
We take comfort, in when looking to our left and right, we see others with that same level of commitment. (the fakes weed themselves out)
That male or female is here just as I, because they walked into a recruiter's office and said "This is what I WANT to do." Even with the expressed and implied risks.
I'm sorry, but with deepest respect for the draftee armies that have served with distinction and nobility in the past, a draft would reduce my confidence in those around me.
I'm a professional, I want professionals around me.
For me it's less about the concept of a draft itself, and more a "no confidence" vote on the caliber of people we would end up putting in the ranks as a result.
To be fair, there are some great young people out there who would (and do) step up and make fine Soldiers......But there are a whole hell of a lot of spoiled, undiciplined, self centered youngsters who hold no authority higher than themselves, who would wind up in un...
For most of us, Soldiering is more than just a job where you get to play with automatic weapons in other countries now and then.
It is a way of life.
We take comfort, in when looking to our left and right, we see others with that same level of commitment. (the fakes weed themselves out)
That male or female is here just as I, because they walked into a recruiter's office and said "This is what I WANT to do." Even with the expressed and implied risks.
I'm sorry, but with deepest respect for the draftee armies that have served with distinction and nobility in the past, a draft would reduce my confidence in those around me.
I'm a professional, I want professionals around me.
For me it's less about the concept of a draft itself, and more a "no confidence" vote on the caliber of people we would end up putting in the ranks as a result.
To be fair, there are some great young people out there who would (and do) step up and make fine Soldiers......But there are a whole hell of a lot of spoiled, undiciplined, self centered youngsters who hold no authority higher than themselves, who would wind up in un...
As a Soldier, I have spent the best part of a decade constantly striving to be a better and more professional Soldier. I have, throughout this time been surrounded by those like myself.
For most of us, Soldiering is more than just a job where you get to play with automatic weapons in other countries now and then.
It is a way of life.
We take comfort, in when looking to our left and right, we see others with that same level of commitment. (the fakes weed themselves out)
That male or female is here just as I, because they walked into a recruiter's office and said "This is what I WANT to do." Even with the expressed and implied risks.
I'm sorry, but with deepest respect for the draftee armies that have served with distinction and nobility in the past, a draft would reduce my confidence in those around me.
I'm a professional, I want professionals around me.
For me it's less about the concept of a draft itself, and more a "no confidence" vote on the caliber of people we would end up putting in the ranks as a result.
To be fair, there are some great young people out there who would (and do) step up and make fine Soldiers......But there are a whole hell of a lot of spoiled, undiciplined, self centered youngsters who hold no authority higher than themselves, who would wind up in uniform. And the military IS the sort of place where "one bad apple" can have a VERY detrimental impact.
Hitler.......Hitler, or another like him is a fine reason to have a draft.
"Diversity" is not.
We are already about as diverse as it gets. We are people from ALL walks of life, religions, ethnicities, backgrounds, philosophies, and points of the compass.
So for every left handed Eskimo put into service for the sake of diversity that made a great Soldier, we would wind up with 20 who didn't want to be there.
And if they don't want to be here, then I don't want them here either.
-Doc J
"Steel Medic One"
Fires Sqadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment
(more)For most of us, Soldiering is more than just a job where you get to play with automatic weapons in other countries now and then.
It is a way of life.
We take comfort, in when looking to our left and right, we see others with that same level of commitment. (the fakes weed themselves out)
That male or female is here just as I, because they walked into a recruiter's office and said "This is what I WANT to do." Even with the expressed and implied risks.
I'm sorry, but with deepest respect for the draftee armies that have served with distinction and nobility in the past, a draft would reduce my confidence in those around me.
I'm a professional, I want professionals around me.
For me it's less about the concept of a draft itself, and more a "no confidence" vote on the caliber of people we would end up putting in the ranks as a result.
To be fair, there are some great young people out there who would (and do) step up and make fine Soldiers......But there are a whole hell of a lot of spoiled, undiciplined, self centered youngsters who hold no authority higher than themselves, who would wind up in uniform. And the military IS the sort of place where "one bad apple" can have a VERY detrimental impact.
Hitler.......Hitler, or another like him is a fine reason to have a draft.
"Diversity" is not.
We are already about as diverse as it gets. We are people from ALL walks of life, religions, ethnicities, backgrounds, philosophies, and points of the compass.
So for every left handed Eskimo put into service for the sake of diversity that made a great Soldier, we would wind up with 20 who didn't want to be there.
And if they don't want to be here, then I don't want them here either.
-Doc J
"Steel Medic One"
Fires Sqadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment
privatization of our military is making us WEAK.
Sh, sit down and shut up. That's Capitalism at work. Wouldn't want to criticize it, people may think you're a commie!
My only exception to my stand is if we are attacked, and even then we should have a volunteer Reserve and National Guard that can be called up on notice.. Draft as a last resort.
The answer should be, don't elect Presidents like LBJ who mishandled Vietnam so bad that 500 to 1000 young Americans were getting murdered on the field of battle every month, and thousands more a month injured.
Call me unpatriotic all you want, but this old Vet doesn't want to see young Americans forced to go to their deaths.
God bless my Brothers who were Drafted, and served with Honor and Courage, but I would rather see a Military made up of people who were not forced to be there.
As a Member of the American Legion we worked with the local men and women who were considering enlisting, and believe me my friend, there were no shortages here.
If you are referring to the number of Military personnel prier to 9/11, it was low, not due to the fact that we didn't have a Draft, but because Clinton downsized them.
I was proud to have served, and felt that it was my Honor to do so. I spilled blood in combat twice while serving in Vietnam on Search and Rescue. But, I am not of the mind set that just because I did it, doesn't mean everyone should.
There are many ways of serving our Nation other than serving in the Military, and if someone decides that Military life isn't for them, then why should they join..
"To have Peace, you must prepare for War". I was a Scout.
I believe if politicians of all nations spent half as much time working towards peace as they do towards preparing for war there actually would be some eventual progress.
In the Bill of Rights, subjects were guaranteed that there would be no standing army in peacetime. This was done because of the expense of maintaining an ...
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"You reap what you sow"
The distribution of our little army to distant
garrisons where hardly any other inhabitant
is to be found is the most eligible arrangement
of that perhaps necessary evil that can be contrived.
--Albert Gallatin, 1802
Gallatin’s sentence neatly summarizes the Jeffersonian concept of a peacetime military establishment. The tiny force of 3,300 men that Gallatin called "a perhaps necessary evil" was, in 1802, scattered along the new republic’s western frontier. In December 1801, President Jefferson's first annual message to Congress conceded the army's weakness, noting "for defence against invasion their number is as nothing." Far from being a source of consternation for the administration, this situation was exactly what Jefferson and his Cabinet wanted. Jefferson's message went on to state that he did not consider it "needful or safe that a standing army should be kept up in time of peace." Inste...
"You reap what you sow"
The distribution of our little army to distant
garrisons where hardly any other inhabitant
is to be found is the most eligible arrangement
of that perhaps necessary evil that can be contrived.
--Albert Gallatin, 1802
Gallatin’s sentence neatly summarizes the Jeffersonian concept of a peacetime military establishment. The tiny force of 3,300 men that Gallatin called "a perhaps necessary evil" was, in 1802, scattered along the new republic’s western frontier. In December 1801, President Jefferson's first annual message to Congress conceded the army's weakness, noting "for defence against invasion their number is as nothing." Far from being a source of consternation for the administration, this situation was exactly what Jefferson and his Cabinet wanted. Jefferson's message went on to state that he did not consider it "needful or safe that a standing army should be kept up in time of peace." Instead, he recommended that the nation rely upon state militia as its first line of defense. In the unlikely event of a foreign invasion, Jefferson expected the militia to buy the necessary time for the nation to raise more substantial military forces. In peacetime, a small number of troops to garrison a few vital western posts would suffice.