Rath said:
Because S.Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Iraq again and Afghanistan have all been directly defending America right? Americas military is used for more than defence - it's used for foreign policy. |
Because every person drafted always goes off to war, right?
Because every person that ever joins the military gets a job killing someone else, right?
Because there will never, ever be a war that has a reason to have a side that is justified in defending itself, right?
I am against Iraq and Afghanistan. But do not forget, there are wars like WW2 that are fully justified for national defense, and the defense of our allies. Last I checked, the Japanese were pushing closer to your nation before we helped. Once in a rare while, drafts do have uses. I don't imagine any wars in the near future that would require one, but you never know. And its attitudes like some of the people posting here that would gladly cower in the face of evil, arguing that they need not serve in a capacity to defend their homeland from someone wishing to remove their freedoms and life.
There are other ways to defend America, too. The National Guard can do a lot of domestic good, without always fighting in needless wars. Likewise, there are a lot of honorable countries that have compulsury military service that are very civil and do not fight needless wars (Switzerland would be a great example).
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
