Maybe Time to Take Another Look at the Military Draft
Yeah, I know, nobody wants it and it took us long enough to get rid of it after the 2nd world war. But it’s just not fair to keep fighting our wars with the National Guard, a force that was never meant to be doing what it is currently asked to do.
Yeah, I know, nobody wants it and it took us long enough to get rid of it after the 2nd world war. But it’s just not fair to keep fighting our wars with the National Guard, a force that was never meant to be doing what it is currently asked to do. Doesn't serve our national interests very well either.
I’m always hesitant about big-picture recommendations that affect the whole country, but I did my own part-time soldiering a half a century ago and it gave me something back. Like many obligations in a less and less personally obligated society, it wasn’t all bad. Not to say I enjoyed it.
First of all, I was only in for six months of active duty, followed by six years of Reserves. The time was between Korea and Vietnam, while there was still a dra…