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

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57. "No professional in the military wants the draft"

Did you survey all the "professionals in the military?" LOL. I think you must have missed the O-6 in the OP.

And, as I said before, it's what's best for the country, not the military. The military exists to serve the nation, not the other way around. The military will always have a cadre of career officers and NCOs who are the "professionals." Most of the enlisted men nowadays are there because of economic reasons, not to become professional soldiers. Most need a job or just want to get the educational benefits. A large majority of enlisted men serve just one hitch.

The draftees didn't lose Vietnam, genius. In fact, they fought pretty fucking tough. Why not regale us with your wartime observations? The people correctly didn't support the war and the generals lied their asses off that they just needed one more division. A total military effort was never undertaken by the US, but those unfortunate soldiers who got sent over there fought as well as any American soldiers at war. Your scurrilous slur on the draftees is uninformed and pathetic.

But that's pretty much what we've come to expect.