Time to bring back the draft/ 2 year rotations?

lindq · Apr 3, 2012

Quote from noob_trad3r:

This would also limit permawars, now American voters would not be so knee-jerk when it comes to more wars.

Obviously you were not around for Vietnam. The draft gave politicians pretty of canon fodder to throw into the jungles, and nobody game a damn until over 50 thousand were dead.

peilthetraveler · Apr 3, 2012

Quote from Maverick74:

There are some idiots on this thread. Modern warfare today is not fought in the infantry with a bayonet rifle. It's fought in a much more high tech fashion (meaning intelligence).

Intelligence work costs a hell of alot more than a bayonet rifle.

Maverick74 · Apr 3, 2012

Quote from lindq:

Obviously you were not around for Vietnam. The draft gave politicians pretty of canon fodder to throw into the jungles, and nobody game a damn until over 50 thousand were dead.

Israel also has mandatory military service in the IDF for all men and women and yet it has not stopped their aggressive military behavior.

Maverick74 · Apr 3, 2012

Quote from peilthetraveler:

Intelligence work costs a hell of alot more than a bayonet rifle.

No, I meant they need to "be" intelligent. I honestly don't think 90% of the guys down here in P&R would qualify. Hell, the obesity rates alone would disqualify most.

PHOENIX TRADING · Apr 3, 2012

Quote from Maverick74:

There are some idiots on this thread. Modern warfare today is not fought in the infantry with a bayonet rifle. It's fought in a much more high tech fashion (meaning intelligence). I'm not sure I would want AK47 over there making any "decisions". This is not Vietnam guys where we have 40k foot soldiers with IQ's under 30. I want our men and women to be top of the line, not some welfare queens from ET who can't even handle the pressure of trading.

I do support civilian service though. I think all kids could benefit from serving their communities 1 to 2 years. It would save us money anyway because we contract that work out anyway at a huge markup.

yeah right, the only thing worse than now would be a whole crop full of young and dumb bumbling idiots drawing gubbermint cheese and telling us what to do.

NO THANKS

PHOENIX TRADING · Apr 3, 2012

Quote from Maverick74:

Israel also has mandatory military service in the IDF for all men and women and yet it has not stopped their aggressive military behavior.

You mean their defensive behavior.

CaptainObvious · Apr 4, 2012

Quote from Maverick74:

There are some idiots on this thread. Modern warfare today is not fought in the infantry with a bayonet rifle. It's fought in a much more high tech fashion (meaning intelligence). I'm not sure I would want AK47 over there making any "decisions". This is not Vietnam guys where we have 40k foot soldiers with IQ's under 30. I want our men and women to be top of the line, not some welfare queens from ET who can't even handle the pressure of trading.

I do support civilian service though. I think all kids could benefit from serving their communities 1 to 2 years. It would save us money anyway because we contract that work out anyway at a huge markup.

Tell that to the 5000+ dead guys that have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. All I see in this thread is a whole lot of excuse making by the keyboard warriors. You guy's like the idea of needing a job in order to qualify to vote. How's this? No military service, no vote. Sound good?

Maverick74 · Apr 4, 2012

Quote from CaptainObvious:

Tell that to the 5000+ dead guys that have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. All I see in this thread is a whole lot of excuse making by the keyboard warriors. You guy's like the idea of needing a job in order to qualify to vote. How's this? No military service, no vote. Sound good?

Who is "you guys"? I'm probably a bigger dove then you are Captain. And who said anything about needing a job to vote? How this Captain, how about no military service no presidency? Will you kindly tell that nice fella from Illinois in the White House he can step down now?

jem · Apr 4, 2012

until our polticians start showing some intelligent decision making, there is no way I would trust them with a draft.

lindq just told you what they did with our kids in viet nam. what was accomplished with that war? What did we accomplish in Iraq this time.
Now Afghanistan I understand, apparently we have a really good herion trade going.

Our Congress has been making really bad decisions for a few decades. They need less power not more. A draft would be insane. They have us by the short hairs. We need this or we send your randomly drafted girls and boys off to a meat grinder.

bigarrow · Apr 4, 2012

Quote from AK Forty Seven:

+1.The Presidents and Congressmens children should be first in line in draft

I've though that too. Bush might of though differently about Iraq if he had to send his daughters in. But they chicken hawks might still start wars, after all their lives wouldn't be in danger.