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Originally Posted by Jorgelito
If you sign up for the Armed Forces (regardless of your intention) you did so knowing your obligation. So, since we can't pick our "war" then either don't sign up in the first place or fulfill your end of the bargain. People who complain of the draft always whine and say the're moving to Canada but they never do. We all know of the draft since the day we sign the Selective Service form when we turn 18. I don't think it's going to happen, I think it's a "we reserve the right" thing. I suppose if we truly gave a shit, it would have been made a real campaign issue long ago.
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Well I think we definitely
do "give a shit," but only when the time comes when you're forced to get in the bus to boot camp. Until then, it's just a theoretical possibility that you don't really take seriously. It's like every time you get into a car you could die a horrible death, but you never take the risk seriously until you see the headlights speeding your direction down the wrong side of the road.
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Originally Posted by Jorgelito
While in theory the draft would give equality in socio-economic terms, it would still not address the issue of quality - EX: unwilling soldiers make poor soldiers.
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Definitely true. So does that mean that whenever we're in a war where we have a shortage of willing soldiers, we should pull out? If so then you could make an excellent case that that particular argument applies right now to the Iraq war.