I'm just full of political bullshit this week, aren't I?

[wolfwings]

Welcome to the Draft in 2005, just after the election, and Sweden-style required-military-or-related service for all those 18-26 if current bills in Congress go through. And guess what? They've already enacted extra blocks between US<->Canada to make moving to Canada an invalid way to avoid being drafted.

rose_quoll? You're not the only one thinking about Australia more actively now, hon. I'd wager a LOT of people are now.

Comments

[brianblackberry.livejournal.com]

Well personally I feel a draft is a bad idea, not that I believe serving one's nation in a military capacity is wrong at all, but that an army of professionals who (and here is the key) volunteer is far superior in morale and ability then an army of conscripts.

I wouldn’t qualify myself, but I certainly do not feel others should be drafted, unless the US itself was attacked by another nation, like in 1941.

I certainly think drafting women is wrong, call me old fashioned but the idea of forcing women in harms way, in combat roles is seriously twisted. Imagine someone’s mother being made to be soilder….