Hello, is anybody home? Since 1973 our military has been made up of all volunteers!
Originally Posted by bigtex
You WILL see conscription again, as long as the Democrats believe in nation-building and the Republicans don't stop them.
And you will see a bunch of other things happen once conscription comes back.
Some of you are probably too young to remember when it was legal for 18-year-olds to buy booze. That became legal because a lot of people pointed out that 18 was old enough to be drafted, issued a weapon, and sent out to be killed, so how come they couldn't buy a beer? There was no good answer to that one (and there still isn't).
And, since you ask, the draft had already ended when it became legal. Just barely. 18-year-olds were still required to register, for several more years, but no one was actually being drafted at that point.