Col. Wilkerson: If Americans Want Ground Forces To Fight ISIS, Let's Have A Draft

[Martin Eden]

25. NO DRAFT !!!

Re-instating the military draft does not mean what a lot of people think it means.

They are putting the cart before the horse.

The only way there will be a military draft in this country is if a majority of voters support sending their sons/brothers/husbands (and themselves, if military age) to fight and die in some hellhole like Iraq.

And the only way THAT is going to happen is if the situation gets so bad as to constitute a REAL threat to America (not the over-hyped BS we've been fed since 9/11).

It's easy to think about a draft in the abstract, and as a means to prevent sending our people to be maimed & killed for MIC profits and delusional neocon ambitions. A legitimate threat of imposing the draft might have some effect, but an actual military draft is not to be desired under any circumstances!!!

Because that would mean it is widely viewed as necessary in a situation where we'd be sending a lot more troops into conflict than we have during the last 14 years.