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
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That said, yes it's time America re-instituted the draft, starting with all the kids of the politicians that lead us into conflicts and war. No deferments. Period,
“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” -George Washington
“We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower
“The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.” -Thomas Jefferson
“War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.” -George Orwell
“It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.” -James Madison
“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. ” -James Madison
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“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” -George Washington
“We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower
“The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.” -Thomas Jefferson
“War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.” -George Orwell
“It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.” -James Madison
“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. ” -James Madison
“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” -James Madison
“The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.” -James Madison
“Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.” -George Washington
“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower
“People do not make wars; governments do.” -Ronald Reagan
“No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
“All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
“The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today is my own government.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.” -Thomas Jefferson
Who is the real American you or I. Being an American means asking questions having grit. You do neither.
Just sayin'.....
In today's society young people in general are NOT guided to be a responsible member of a greater unit than themselves.
Yes it still stands that only the poor are drafted thats why we went to an All volunteer Military. Only those that want to serve join and it should say that way.
The military is NOT grounds for social experimentation. McChrystal's statement that "...a draft would widen the population that serves in the military." reeks of such experimentation.
their quality of service men and women would not be top notch: I feel with the economical times as bad as it is they maybe getting enough volunteers. Besides why are many being pushed out of the miltary?
The courageous and naive fight, the wealthy and cowardly perpetuate, and the rest pray.
Now the late Robert A. Heinlein came up with an interesting reform: make a minimum two-year term of service a prerequisite for voting. That says that you don't have to serve, but if you don't care to protect the country, you shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Part of the Heinlein system, though, was approving a lot of jobs for the service requirement that are not, strictly speaking, military jobs. Field-testing cold-weather gear for our soldiers would be one example.