The Draft: A War-Killer

[unhappycamper]

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14742-the-draft-a-war-killer



The Draft: A War-Killer
Saturday, 23 February 2013 10:53 By Thom Hartmann, The Daily Take | Op-Ed

Next month marks the tenth anniversary of the beginning of our war in Iraq. It's been ten years since alleged war criminals, including Bush and Cheney, knowingly used lies to send our men and women to war . As a result of those lies, over the past decade, thousands of American men and women have died, tens of thousands are wounded, over a hundred thousand Iraqi human beings are dead, and over 15 million have had their lives ripped apart.

So, the question: Would we still be in Iraq today – or even have gone to war with Iraq – if there was a military draft in this country?

Look at our involvements in past wars. From the Civil War to World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and even Vietnam, the United States had a military draft - and those wars were all far shorter than the Iraq debacle.

Coincidence? I think not...

[CincyDem]

1. Very well reasoned article

Had there been a draft during the WMD heydays, the standards of proof expected by the broad population would have been much higher. As would the standard of staying year after year after year.

[era veteran]

2. Hated the draft, pre lottery, in the way backs.

The lottery, without deferments, would have been fair. The military should have the country as a whole for a resource, not just heavy in certain demographics.
All volunteer Army and decades of Rush/Hate radio on AFN have changed the political thought of the enlisted ranks since I served.