Chatter and fear about US military draft emerge as Trump's Iran war drags on

[Wonder Why]

11. I am in favor of a draft but it should not be just one for military use. I believe all citizens, if able, should give

back to their country whether it be military, social work, serving to help or educate the poor and downtrodden or whatever. There is nothing wrong with men and women giving 2 years of their life to help others but too few are willing to do it voluntarily.

As to military draft, I thing a core of professionals are needed for quick action to protect the country, but for war, the one thing that makes us hesitate, is the knowledge that war is a last resort when we, ourselves, are the ones to go. That's not true when we can just close our eyes and let the professionals handle it. It wasn't the fact that we were in war that stopped it during the Vietnam days, but the fact that American men were drafted involuntarily and it made a lot of families realize it was their sons that would become fodder for it.