"I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share."
R. Lee Ermey
The draft gave young men the opportunity to mature, learn respect for their country, and provided the necessary manpower for war. Today, it would ensure that soldiers would not necessarily have to endure multiple tours and would create a form of nationalism in the citizens back home.
Ken Sloan, Vietnam War |
"Reinstating the draft would compel the American public to be part of the shared sacrifice and moral issues at hand." Charles B. Rangel, New York Times |
"The question of whether we need a draft will always be important as long as our country is placing thousands of its young men and women in harm's way." Charles B. Rangel, New York Times |
"It could be a necessary thing if there was lots of ground troops needed. You learn things in the military that you can't any other way. It changes your perspective on how the world works."
C.C., Iraq/Afghanistan War
C.C., Iraq/Afghanistan War
"If given the right training, then a draft would be great."
B.H., Iraq/Afghanistan War
"It felt like at the time I was involved, it created a difficulty to make plans in life and after I entered the service, I found out that the experience whether it be in a military situation or in a training situation like I was in, it wasn't such a bad thing. We developed a lot of maturity, we developed a course in our life, a plan even in the military. It wasn't all that bad, but if you're shooting at or getting shot at, that's a different story."
Ken Sloan, Vietnam War
"When this nation gets involved in extended conflicts, Selective Service must be activated or else the strain on the all-volunteer force will be too great."
Lawrence J. Korb, New York Times |
"A call up by Selective Service would force Americans to question a war's necessity and probably would have prevented the killings."
Lawrence J. Korb, New York Times |
"There’s no doubt that re-implementing the draft would relieve the current all-volunteer force from the unnecessary impact of multiple deployments and reduce the magnitude of service-connected injuries."
Anu K. Bhagwati, New York Times |
"Military service is also said to mature a young person. Many college officials remember the seriousness with which veterans of World War II and Korea applied themselves to college work, and they now wish for the same attitude on the part of today's students. Many parents have sent their boy off to the army to have him return a man."
James C. Miller III |
Bailey Adolph
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