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Opinion #1
Debater: play-doh
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Standing Army Superior to Drafted Army
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Though there are good arguments for instituting a military draft, there are better arguments for opposing it. During the Vietnam War the idea of a drafted army proved disastrous, recruits resented being forced to serve, crime and drug use among the military rose dramatically, and, by the end of the war, nearly 2 out of 1000 soldiers were deemed complicit in fragging incidents of commanding officers. A military draft does nothing to increase patriotism or sense of duty, and it decreases the effectiveness of the military. During the French Revolution, when the new Republic fought against the powers of Europe, they had a drafted army, an army which was soundly defeated time and time again. It wasn't until Napoleon came to power and created a standing, volunteer, professional army that the tide began to turn.
If one wants to increase the numbers of enlistments, then one simply needs to fight wars that are deemed necessary by the populace, like WWII, and not unpopular wars, like Iraq.
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Opinion #2
Debater: Wordbird775
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A Draft Could Help End the War
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A military draft might be a good thing for reasons other than increasing the ranks of the armed services. In my opinion, a draft would more evenly divide the burden of fighting the war amongst all social and economical classes. As is often stated, most of those currently fighting in Iraq are impoverished minorities with few other career choices. As Michael Moore noted in his documentary "Farenheit 9/11," not a single senator who voted to go to war has sent his or her child to Iraq.
Americans will not truly take this war seriously unless they are personally, directly effected by it. A draft would force people to care. Somehow war is less attractive if it's YOUR son who might be getting killed.
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