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Do you think the US military draft will resume during your lifetime?
WASHINGTON - Most U.S. high-school students believe the government will restart the military draft during their lifetimes, and shrinking numbers are optimistic about the country's future, a new poll finds.
Among teenagers, 55 percent say young Americans will be required to serve in the military, up from 45 percent last year, according to "The State of Our Nation's Youth," an annual survey by the Horatio Alger Association.
During the year between polls — May 2003 to May 2004 — U.S. casualties mounted during attacks in Iraq even after President Bush declared on May 1, 2003, that major combat had ended.
Former President Nixon halted the draft in 1973. Pentagon leaders and numerous generals and admirals have said it should not be resumed because the volunteer military is more efficient. Critics including Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry have accused the Pentagon of engaging in a "backdoor draft" to compensate for manpower shortages in Iraq with wholesale mobilizations National Guard and Reserve units and other retention tactics.
In the poll, respondents were asked their views of a mandatory military service requirement of two years, and 70 percent of students were opposed.
Still, more young people than not said the United States was right to go to war in Iraq. The poll found 44 percent said the decision was correct, 33 percent said it was wrong, and the rest had no opinion or were unsure.
The students' outlook for the country was dimmer this year, but it remained relatively high, as 68 percent said they were hopeful. That was down from 75 percent last year.
More than two-thirds of students said they care who wins the presidential race, but two-thirds also said they have not closely followed news reporting about the race.
The Horatio Alger Association, which provides college scholarships to needy students, issued its report Tuesday. Results are based on a telephone poll of 1,007 students in grades nine to 12 at the time of the survey, taken May 5 to 7. The students ranged in age from 13 to 19, although most were 15 to 17. The survey has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
The only war I in which I can imagine a draft would be a conflict with China, possibly over Taiwan.
Thankfully the Chinese and American economies rely heavily upon each other, which acts as an extreme disuasion towards war. Neither country would want to face a depression.
Now, I'm talking about a military draft. Not mandatory military services similar to those employed in Switzerland and the various northern European countries. I think mandatory service is actually a decent idea, but that's probably grounds for another discussion.
No idea. Much to my shock, the NG and AR reenlistments are about up to par. Guess I'm in good company though, since the chief of the NG is also apparently quite surprised. If this keeps up and we don't do something that makes Iraqi Freedom look like a stroke of genius, we shouldn't need it.
I have some doubts whether this will keep up, though. I suspect stoploss, initially positive views of the war and progress in Iraq, and the fact that most NG/AR enlistment contracts run six to eight years have all conspired to postpone the exodus. Next year should tell, one way or another.
As long as war is money, we'll probaly see one evry 10-15 years, so i think eventually we'll get in too deep and the military draft will start back up. And if it goes far enough i can see a non-military draft, although for that to happen i think the republicans would have to be in power, but then aren't the republicans always in power when we go to war? It would have to be pretty bad though for non-militant drafting to pass, due to whoever passes it won't be re-elected, so i think it would only come about if we were being invaded or something.
Just because two democrats are pushing it to protest letting minorities sign up for service, doesn't mean it's right around the corner. Please guys, I've seen this on every forum I visit in the last couple days and it gets on my nerves, you know?
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And if you mean "Will it EVER come back?" Well, I suppose if China decided to invade us or something . . .
I doubt we'll ever see a draft again, but if I had my way, I'd give a mandatory two year service a
if u hadd tow do two year mandatory i wouldnt do it i would rebell and/or i would move out this country,but im already planing on moving out of this country someday
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