Do you support mandatory enlistment?

[spentagn]

I hate polls, but I'm interested in this. Unfortunately, it took a tragedy like this to make most of us, including myself, realize the importance of a formidable, SUSTAINED military.

 

[manny78]

only if necessary but I honestly dont see how it would be since today's army doesnt need as much soldiers as in 1942.... technology has a lot to say...

 

[spentagn]

That's true. But I think there's a reason why other technologically advanced countries like Germany still have mandatory service. But they're also only required to enlist for two years, so any "overpopulation" is prevented to a degree.

 

[Big Buck]

NO...I don't want somebody fighting beside me that I can't trust. (that doesn't WANT to be there) There is no telling what they'd do....

 

[frorider6]

I believe it would only degrade our forces. You can't MAKE someone want to fight and defend the country. Mandatory drafts should only be instituted in times of dire need.

 

[Weapon X]

frorider has a good point. I support mandatory service only if it can be done without degrading our already-eroded (by 8 years of Klinton) military discipline and cohesiveness.
I think that the age of 18 would be a good time to begin showing young adults that their nation is founded and maintained by those who are willing to defend it and its principles.

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

Only in wartime. All Americans should bear the burden of defending our country during war. This is how we got to be so great.

If you want the good things that this country provides, then you must be willing to defend them if they are threatened. Draft dodgers are the lowest form of human life.

Buck - there is an advatange to draftees. A lot of people who are drafted don't want to be there. The draft has taken them away from something else. So if something is wrong/insufficient/fucked up, they'll bitch about it and get it brought up to standard.

Just a thought.

 

[RealDeal]

I agree w/Buck & forider. There are lots of potential probs w/mandatory enlistment, especially with all the young fucks out there who could give a rat's ass about anyone but themselves. If boot camp and training didn't get them into shape (physically & mentally) then they could be a major danger to everyone else in a time of battle.

There could be advantages to it and good outcomes, but with today's society I doubt that's possible. Unfortunate, but true.

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

Something else you are forgetting:

BAsic training now has all these "values" classes and other shit.

Basic during wartime is shortened and more intensely war-focused. It is a different mentality,and a different kind of training.

 

[Iceman121]

Those two words seem to contradict each other. Mandatory Enlistment?
Shouldn't it just be "draft"...Seems to me if you are being made to do something, you are not enlisting. You are being drafted.......