No, I think it would be better for voters to know their kids would be required to go to war. They would make damn sure the congress critters were not being frivolous about starting hostilities.
I hated that my two sons had to sign up for this in order to complete a FAFSA for college financial aid. How about people who buy assault weapons are automatically signed on?
I only knew because it was required on the FAFSA. I'd imagine many people who aren't applying for student financial aid as young adults could easily miss their window to register.
This is a good point that I think many people are forgetting. If people had been drafted for our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, I doubt they would have lasted long.
Selective Service can go. But I think National Service of some kind is important. Make young people engage in their Democracy. Whether it's the Peace Corps or Voting Corps or Environmental Corp or Climate Corps there is plenty of work to do. Meet new people. Go new places. Pull your head out of your own butt for a while and breathe.
It certainly does make you a lot more patient when you're sitting at the fast food window waiting for your order and the drive thru person tells you their system is down and oh yeah, they're also waiting on fries. And you wait and you wait. She was so apologetic when she finally did get me my order, but I understood; I've been there.
The military likes being an all-volunteer force. It gives the higher ups leverage over the juniors, ie "You volunteered to be here; no one is forcing you." And it tends to keep the ones who'd just be trouble because they don't want to be there away since they don't sign up (that's not foolproof, some still do, but they generally get themselves kicked out within a year or two if not at basic).
During the Iraq War, there was talk about reinstituting the draft, but the Army just put their people on stop-loss, meaning they couldn't get out even if their time was up. And people were doing two and three tours in Iraq. It took a huge mental health toll on all the military and their families. Huge. People can only put up with so much before they break.
Certainly the Trumpublicans will frame elimination of the draft as "hating the troops" or somesuch.
Why does it have to be the young people? Except for combat roles, older people can do a lot of the tasks that young volunteers would do.
No, I think it would be better for voters to know their kids would be required to go to war. They would make damn sure the congress critters were not being frivolous about starting hostilities.
I hated that my two sons had to sign up for this in order to complete a FAFSA for college financial aid. How about people who buy assault weapons are automatically signed on?
I had debilitating cramps. Finding the drug Naproxen was AMAZING!!!!!!1
I only knew because it was required on the FAFSA. I'd imagine many people who aren't applying for student financial aid as young adults could easily miss their window to register.
Well, that didn't work so well throughout the last half of the 20th century.
This is a good point that I think many people are forgetting. If people had been drafted for our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, I doubt they would have lasted long.
Selective Service can go. But I think National Service of some kind is important. Make young people engage in their Democracy. Whether it's the Peace Corps or Voting Corps or Environmental Corp or Climate Corps there is plenty of work to do. Meet new people. Go new places. Pull your head out of your own butt for a while and breathe.
A-FUCKIN-MEN
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I knew because it happened the same year I turned 18. Not sure I would have been aware if I was born 10 years later than I was.
It certainly does make you a lot more patient when you're sitting at the fast food window waiting for your order and the drive thru person tells you their system is down and oh yeah, they're also waiting on fries. And you wait and you wait. She was so apologetic when she finally did get me my order, but I understood; I've been there.
The military likes being an all-volunteer force. It gives the higher ups leverage over the juniors, ie "You volunteered to be here; no one is forcing you." And it tends to keep the ones who'd just be trouble because they don't want to be there away since they don't sign up (that's not foolproof, some still do, but they generally get themselves kicked out within a year or two if not at basic).
During the Iraq War, there was talk about reinstituting the draft, but the Army just put their people on stop-loss, meaning they couldn't get out even if their time was up. And people were doing two and three tours in Iraq. It took a huge mental health toll on all the military and their families. Huge. People can only put up with so much before they break.
No. More. War. War. No. More.
“Rich kids getting drafted.” Good one. That’s something that would happen. /s