SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: mistermj who wrote (209336)11/28/2006 3:36:49 PM
From: cnyndwllr  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
mjfdl, re: "I think most people are against the enslavement model...thankfully.."

Good for you.

But how strongly against the draft/enslavement model are ya?

Let's start with your proposition: no one should be compelled to "serve their country."

OK so far?

Sure it is, especially when we have that heroic "all volunteer army," or nearly all "volunteer."

But what if the all volunteer army model starts to "break?"

What if we start having to offer bigger and bigger enlistment and reenlistment bonuses, increase the pay and benefits and even start to improve the penny ante way we care for our wounded veterans just to keep the number of "all volunteers" steady?

But we can't keep escalating and, besides, that's not enough.

So we have to lower the enlistment standards and take people with low test scores, criminal and moral charges on their records and we begin to accept the psychologically unstable?

But after that backlog is processed we're still far short.

The enlisted soldiers finally get exhausted with multiple overseas tours, wives that cry all night long and children who think their daddy's and momma's are just visitors. The reenlistment rate dramatically drops, especially for the hazardous duty mos's like infantry and artillery.

The military reassigns other soldiers to hazardous duty even though they're not trained for it. Clerks are packing rifles but the borrowing leaves the military shorthanded on essential non-combat services.

The equipment backlogs are immense and the losses of wounded and dead are adding up over time.

The army begins to shrink to the point where you can't fight any "real" wars and maybe, just maybe, you can't readily respond to hurricanes, border security breaches or fully defend the "homeland."

I'm betting that if we get to that point a chicken hawk like you will be all for the compulsory service of others and not because it's more fair to load the risk of the blood toll on all Americans equally. I'm betting that your "no slavery" principles are negotiable at that point.

Reality can be a bitch. Welcome to the real world. Ed
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News