The Iraq war was cleverly orchestrated in that an all-volunteer military was used. Had a draft been instituted I believe a full scale revolution would have taken place here.
As it went, many of us (including me) could tolerate the tragedy by telling ourselves those being sent signed up for the service. That brings on a debate over whether we should protect the naive from their own ignorance.
I was lucky enough to have parents who would have sent me to Canada if I would have been drafted.
Unfortunately we now have another disillusioned generation that will remember how their government betrayed them. Let’s hope we won’t really need to assemble a large military any time soon. There might not be anyone willing to sign up.
