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Originally Posted by willravel
I'd support a draft if Congress and the President couldn't make any military decisions. Until the military is de-politicized, most people, myself included, wouldn't trust our fates to politicians.
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The problem with this is that great emperors started out in similar ways. Julius Ceasar, Napolean, and so on, all had control of the military and took advantage of the people's dislike for their current government. It made it much easier for those "non political" leaders of the military to overthrow the government and take over.
Ceasar was able to destroy the Triumvirate, Napolean was able to take advantage of his military experience and became a leader in the revolution.
I just would be more scared of this and would not accept it. I do believe we need more clear rules on how the president can or should use the military.