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Rhiannon12866

(205,476 posts) Sat Feb 3, 2024, 05:30 AM Feb 3

Can a Mandatory Military Draft Stop the Next Endless War? - Thom Hartmann [View all]

How about a military draft to stop America from engaging in endless wars? What if an all-volunteer military is really the secret weapon of the military industrial complex? Maybe the only way to stop Americans from sitting on their asses is to put their blood on the line! - Aired on 02/01/2024.

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Can a Mandatory Military Draft Stop the Next Endless War? - Thom Hartmann [View all] Rhiannon12866 Feb 3 OP

No. We had a mandatory draft for most of the Vietnam war, and all it did pnwmom Feb 3 #1

I agree. When I was in school, we had to give a "speech to persuade." Mine was "the case for a volunteer army." Rhiannon12866 Feb 3 #2

Not sure about that we were in the Middle East for 20 years. Woodwizard Feb 3 #4

We haven't lost 58,000 Americans over the 20 years. And we were ATTACKED on 9. 11 pnwmom Feb 3 #5

We have body armor Woodwizard Feb 3 #7

But Vietnam wasn't the ally Israel is. If we'd had had to depend on an all-volunteer army pnwmom Feb 3 #8

It can if the children of the elites and Senators and Congressmen get called up too. padah513 Feb 3 #3

It definitely helped in WW2! Wonder Why Feb 3 #6

"serve some time." Yeah, like prison. The mandatory draft was a terrible idea during Vietnam pnwmom Feb 3 #9

Did you actually read anything I posted there before replying? Wonder Why Feb 3 #10

First you mentioned the draft in WW2 and then you mentioned a mandatory draft pnwmom Feb 4 #11