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To those of you who say that the government "doesn't want a draft," ok, fair enough, I don't doubt that right now nobody is planning to reinstate the draft. Not the dems, not the repubs, not anybody, because it's essentially political suicide.
However, the draft wasn't supposed to be reinstated during WWII, but when it became necessary for us to fight, it happened anyway. neither Roosevelt nor Truman wanted a draft, but Roosevelt went ahead and reinstated it anyway because if he hadn't, WWII might have been lost to the axis powers (supposedly)
Regardless of what anyone tells you, if we need more military forces to defend our country (or to do something we're calling "defense") and don't have them, no President would decide against reinstating the draft if it meant that the country would be destroyed without one. I don't doubt that we'll have a draft if it's necessary. What I hope is that we never get to the point that it is.
However, I want to add something. None of you who say there won't ever be a draft have yet come up with any sort of evidence for that. All you've given as evidence so far is that:
1.) There isn't a draft yet.
2.) Politicians say there won't be a draft.
#1 is like saying "I'm not dead yet, so I won't die." Pure logical fallacy.
#2 is almost worse, because you're actually BELIEVING the words of politicians, which anyone with half a brain knows is a horrible idea.
Now, I want you to realize that if you went on HARD evidence, you'd see that the only HARD evidence involving a draft is the simple fact that we've had drafts before, the selective service still exists, and the draft boards still run. You still can't get financial aid without registering for the draft, and not registering for the draft is illegal.
Unless you can give me harder evidence than that, I will acknowledge that a draft is UNLIKELY, but nowhere near impossible. We've had drafts before and, as I stated above, if we "needed" more military personnel to defend this country or "defend" this country, there is absolutely no reason why any politician worth his salt wouldn't "flip flop" on the draft issue.
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