Would you support a draft?

Year of the Monkey

Not for this war, but I would support mandatory public service for all Americans.

2 years obligation before you turn 30. You'd have a choice of military, coast guard, police, EMT, border patrol, or Peace Corps.

That would ensure a more internationally minded and tough and sympathetic mindset amongst Americans.

Cherry

Absolutely not!
The military doesn't need people in it that don't want to be there. What possible good would they do? None that I can see.

PROUD TO BE A LIBERAL TEEN!

draft???????????
ha!!!!!!

i don't need a draft, i go volunteer!!!! USAF BABY ALL THE WAY!

pilotB

NO

the military does not want to train people who do not want to be there. that is the lesson learned from vietnam.

Pitchow!

Only if the Bush twins are drafted also.

littlemsbrunette185

My honest opinion would be if there were a draft (only if it were necessary), I wouldn't have a choice. Everyone has their own opinion and it's usually how you look at the glass- is it half empty or half full. The military only takes the orders and does their job. The military is here for a reason, I think they should have all the support they need. If it comes down to a draft, then I'm all for it. But only if I'm the one that's not drafted of course :) j/k

Stimpy 167

No...but only to a point...

Having an all-volunteer military promotes the highest quality military force available, but if that force is depleted, or stretched too thin, and more manpower is required...it would definately have to be a "no choice" kind of situation.

Hell no! I plan to keep my limbs.

Proud to be an AMERICAN

What matters is that the military doesn't.

They say it would harm, not help.

So I say NO.

DOOM

nostradamus02012

i would support a draft only if ALL OF THOSE WHO MADE IT NECESSARY WERE FIRST INVESTIGATED, TRIED AND IMPRISONED.

i don't think our leaders have the moral courage to do that - not one of them...

lizardmama

No, and neither does the government or the US Military from the top brass down. Nobody wants it. It's only discussed as a scare-tactic to elicit votes.

drctrutops

Only if we are forced to defend our own soil. The fact that the military is having trouble getting volunteers is a direct reflection that our citizens are unwilling to fight for another nation. It is our obligation to defend the US, not to fight for people who are unwilling to fight for themselves. Iraq will never be at peace unless the Iraqis police their own ranks.

Robert and Tanya

Maybe not a draft, but a mandatory military service when you graduate like Isreal does. It would build character and teach basic military training which might be needed later.

kris13iam

But how else to get the Bush voters to serve???

Chris I

Yes. So long as the children of members of Congress and the president were the first to be drafted and that they would be sent to the front-lines. This should also be required for any "war resolution" the Congress passes. This would eliminate most military conflicts. Imagine George Bush's twin daughters being shipped off to Iraq. There would be no Iraq war.

Should those members of Congress/the president not have children, the requirement would be closest other relatives, and if there are none, then the sons and daughters of their best friends.

jrrysimmons

No, as a 20 year veteran I know that an all volunteer force is much more motivated. The left wing argument that the all volunteer military is made up of kids from poor homes is a lie. The military demographic across the board is more affluent than it has ever been.

saveit

i would if i agreed with this war...but since i do not, i would not force anybody to fight for something i don't believe in!

if i was 18 or 19 again, definitely, i would be the first in line whether they call me or not.

Roadrunner58-79

N O!!! The All-Volunteer Concept of the US
Military is working just fine and they don't want
dead-beats in the military that don't want to be
there.

MC Hummer

Only if the draft applies to those in favour of the Iraq war. Those who are against it are exempt.

If any pro-war clowns pull a "George Bush" and run from their obligation, they get sent to Guantanamo as prisoners.

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Puck

Everyone who voted for Bush already supports a draft. It's called "stop loss". Soldiers who have completed their obligation are not allowed to leave; if they've left, many are called back.

bmims

yes , yes I would why not make this war everyone busniess. we are already extending peoples tour of duty four to six months and the backdoor draft has been in effect for more than a year now. people can only be deployed into war zones so many times . do we send them two, three maybe four tours, the same people can not be sent indefinitely.

Alex

Yes

Henry VIII

If we are in over our heads and the all volunteer military can't handle escalations etc. it may be necessary like it or not. The troops have to come from somewhere.

Jackieinphilly

NOOOOOOooooooooo!!!!!

call me ishmael #549

yes, if thats the only way to get the dems to do a damn thing for their country.

and thats a memo

badjanssen

yep...it would give these lefties who nag about ammerica some pride finally in our country, not to mention make some of them a little more motivated than sitting around playing video games and yakking on their cells...of course it might totally break their hearts when they learn they have been lied to by the left and their teachers their whole lives...but,,, they will get over it and come through with a new found feeling for our country and maybe some determination to see our country survive...after all, now they would have a stake in the future of it...

ism

Yes.

Duminos

yes, it's the only way that Dems will serve.

A few dems have served. But, very few in average Joe Democrats.

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