[QUOTE=cekaai]Since no else bothered to mention it the reasoning behind the draft is that since most of the people who serve the front lines of the military happen to come from disadvantaged backgrounds, the draft would force all people regardless of background to be subject to service in the armed forces. QUOTE]
We sadly attended two military funerals this past year of young men killed in Iraq.
They both were college grads and left very good paying jobs to go into the service because it was their belief that they were doing something to better help people in another country, knowing that they would be eventually sent to Iraq. They volunteered to join, in my opinion anyplace in Iraq is on the front lines. In my opinion a voluntary military is much much better than the draft, even those that have joined the military from disadvantaged backgrounds is through their own choice, no matter what walk of life a person is they are to be commended for volunteering to join the military.
Patti |