[pmulcahy11b]

I'm kind of mixed on this. The US has used the draft for much of its modern history -- most of the Greatest Generation were draftees.

But when I was in the Army, the general consensus among us was that we didn't want to be fighting alongside draftees. We didn't want someone backing us up who hadn't paid proper attention to his training because he had no wish to be there. We felt they were more likely to panic due to that lesser attention to detail. We generally felt that modern draftees, with the difference in work ethic and national spirit felt in our day, might even be dangerous to have around.

Hell, you have a hard enough time with troops who join the Army and then find out that they really aren't cut out for it.