Are we going to reinstate the draft?

[MineralMan]

20. That's a good point, but the sheer number of people

in the military is far, far lower than it used to be. They used stop-loss during various situations, mostly because the time required to train new recruits was too long for the demand for "boots on the ground."

For the same reason, much use was made of National Guard troops to generate the numbers needed to pursue whatever conflicts were current.

Now, I don't know what Der Drumpf has in mind for foreign actions. I doubt that he knows, either. Pentagon officials will inform him about the difficulties of putting together large ground forces, and that may limit his enthusiasm.

I suppose the draft could be reinstated, but that will require Congress to play along, and it would not result in an immediate increase of trained troops ready to be deployed.

A lot of things militate against any large ground force actions these days, and I don't think it's likely that any such actions are very likely to be taken. The draft would be a desperation move for any administration, and would be hugely unpopular nationally, even with Republicans.

I don't see any such thing occurring in the near future, anyhow.