I'm all for the draft. I'm a patriot, but I wouldn't volunteer to die. It doesn't mean that I wouldn't roll the death dice for my country if requested.
I've seen much of the world, and I love my home nation. Ireland is no longer my ethnic country (although it is the biggest part of my racial heritage), and I don't know that it would be any better there.
With that said, I don't understand why the draft is being instituted now. Cheers to being stronger than 10 or 11 other nations combined, but why enforce the draft? Doesn't our federal government have enough power already?
Perhaps this is being done to ensure that the ranks don't drop and that we don't become France, but with all the enemies of the world seeking to punish the punisher.
Something that everyone needs to keep in mind: Land troops, appropriately delivered, win wars. Navy and Air Force and missiles only maim. Ground troops conquer. So even if China spends less than a quarter of what we spend, they could probably still kick our puny asses, especially with the help of another of the top 10.
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