   Military Draft in the USA
  A mandatary draft would never happen in the USA, extremely few of our national representatives would even consider a mandatory draft. Why you ask: Because they too, have children. We live in a day and age where the military is not used as a defensive or protective measure. The military little more than a poltical and profiteering tool controlled by politicians. Domestic security is insured by well centralized, organized and relatively uncorrupt police forces. National security is a given based on our geographic and technological situation. The military is now just a game for tyrants able to declare pseudo-wars at whims of vengeance, or a chance for personal profit. The men and women who now serve in our armed forces are not brave warriors fighting for our freedom and rights, they are political pawns and tools allowing delussional leaders to carry out their own self centered agendas. We live in a time where our leaders can imprison whomever they wish for arbitrarily long amounts of time, and without any charges being placed against these individuals. We live in a time where we will invade a country, complain that that country is not abiding by the geneva convention and the first thing we do after the war is to openly ignore the geneva convention since it no longer furthers our interests.Would you consider letting your children serve at a time like this? I would not, and I know our Commander in Chief  most assuredly would not. Its easy to say 'bring it on' ( potentially disturbing photographs ), when its irrelevant grunts being killed. When its your own sons and daughters, its an entirely different game. I am in a favor of an enforced 2 year military service for all citizens of the United States of America upon high school graduation or their 19th birthday. The only way to control the rampant tyrany in the United States is to actually put the people who would be the tyranical leaders of tommorow, under the control of the tyranical leaders of today. Some people lack any level of empathy, and we must give it to them. This is clearly the only way. Unfortunately, a mandatory draft would never happen in the USA.Well?[edited by - haro on February 19, 2004 3:36:46 AM]
  Your opinion is wrong?   codekid88: "hail c++ , hail god!!!"MindEngine Developmenthttp://medev.sourceforge.net;  Sleep is a GOOD thing, haro. Try it, some time. ;quote:Original post by haro  I am in a favor of an enforced 2 year military service for all citizens of the United States of America upon high school graduation or their 19th birthday. The only way to control the rampant tyrany in the United States is to actually put the people who would be the tyranical leaders of tommorow, under the control of the tyranical leaders of today. Some people lack any level of empathy, and we must give it to them. This is clearly the only way. Unfortunately, a mandatory draft would never happen in the USA.Well?This would fail because the military is not a democracy and it''s job is to indoctrinate you using physical endurance tests and brutality.  The buzz is that the draft is coming in 2005 because of projected shortfalls in military personal. The supposition is that National Guard troops will not re-enlist (is that the right word?) because their terms have continuously been extended.Nice piece by the way.  It summarizes the state of our great nation and shows why democracy is in distress.   --------------------Just waiting for the mothership... ;  As an 18 year old guy, I think the draft sucks, but if I were drafted I would not try and run from it either.  I really don''t know if I''d be fit for a combat role, given my flat feet (though I can honestly say that they bother me), I would still serve in one if I had to.I also think girls should be drafted, in the event of a draft.  Women want equal rights and I''d hate to have them miss an equal opporunity.  In all seriousness, I really think that women should also face a draft because you could potentially double your drafting pool.   -=Peon=- : A Poorly Implement Forum Bot ------© Kordova, 2003(Avatar by Salsa);  I started a bitching thread like this a while ago and, for a time, it even served a purpose, allowing people from different parts of the world to express their opinion on the matter. Then, however, it got out of hand. I''ll try not to contribute to the remission of this thread to a similar state, and given that I''m doing the second part of my medical review (the psychological test) in less than an hour (will hopefully know if they want to draft me in 2-3 hours), I won''t even start to elaborate on this. "Finishing in second place, simply means you are the first loser." - PouyaCat;quote:Original post by Wavinator  The buzz is that the draft is coming in 2005 because of projected shortfalls in military personal. The supposition is that National Guard troops will not re-enlist (is that the right word?) because their terms have continuously been extended."Watch your knees, they''re about to jerk."A draft, when our only involvement (besides maintaining an ebil presence all over the world) is Iraq, a country all but beaten, would consist of skimming off the top. North Korea? As far as I can gather, Kimmie''s been a good little boy, relatively. He could have forty death camps for every one Hitler had, and you''d never guess it. Maybe, just maybe, Mr Jong-Il has learned the principal rule in keeping your ass from being invaded by the pansy UN: "Where there''s no smoke, there''s no fire."Or he just ate some bad kim chee and has been unable to threaten the world because he''s been worshipping the porcelain. ;  I think you nail it Haro. A new draft will make people think twice about electing neo-fascists - or re-electing them - and that''s why very little will be said about this in the news this year, but come this time next year... ;quote:Original post by haro  I am in a favor of an enforced 2 year military service for all citizens of the United States of America upon high school graduation or their 19th birthday. The only way to control the rampant tyrany in the United States is to actually put the people who would be the tyranical leaders of tommorow, under the control of the tyranical leaders of today.You know full well how Bush dodged the draft.Anyway, I''m not sure that drafting is good for that; perhaps we just need more education. Military can desensitize you to a lot of stuff, and being in an all-male (almost) environment compounds the problem 5x. If you don''t participate in an actual armed conflist and witness the "horrors of war" by yourself, all that you''ll likely get from 2 years in the military will be a boost in your manly self-esteem.quote:Some people lack any level of empathy, and we must give it to them. This is clearly the only way.Education can work, too. We were shown Schindler''s List in high school, and while I wasn''t necessarily able to fully grasp the movie''s storyline (ESL), it had quite a big effect on me. Perhaps they could start every school week with 2 minutes of footage from any war. Or footage from children who don''t have enough to eat.Cédric ;quote:Original post by haro  I am in a favor of an enforced 2 year military service for all citizens of the United States of America upon high school graduation or their 19th birthday. The only way to control the rampant tyrany in the United States is to actually put the people who would be the tyranical leaders of tommorow, under the control of the tyranical leaders of today.I don''t think compulsory military service would necessarily encourage empathy for servicemen in everybody. The sons and daughters of the priviliged will find their way into safe, keep-me-the-hell-away-from-the-flying-bullets positions, well removed from the grunts. If nothing else, there would still be the Guard that your daddy can get you into despite meeting absolute minimal requirements and the hundreds of other applicants in line in front of you. Even if all Americans had been forced to serve during Vietnam, I doubt Bush''s story would have turned out any different.  