The Oil Drum

I am a holder of 23,000 dollars of student loan debt. I have no degree and last time I checked I was unemployed and also not fit for service, deaf in one ear and on blood thinners due to blood clots and over 40.  Though I do not own a home, Have little chance of ever owning a home and can for the most part be a vagabond,  though walking cross country is not in my plans guess if i have to, i have to.

I still do not see conspription as a big issue, you put a gun to my head and tell me i have to fight for my country then you teach me how to kill, I am likely to kill you.  That makes for a very bad way to get troops to do the work.

I talk to a lot of young people who if you took away their fun time, they are just as likely to cause as much chaos as they can rather than bow down to the status quo of no fun time.  Look at the photos of the streets of India, fairly well dressed people carrying sticks.  Mad!

A large scale draft is going to get us in trouble,  In this day and age, we have bred to many trouble makers, People willing to hurt others for the small gains, Our prisons are over crowded, step it up a notch with draft dodgers and you get more chaos than you would want.

As all systems go toward chaos,  so will our nation.