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June 9, 2014 at 6:44 AM #21117June 9, 2014 at 7:10 AM #774849
livinincali
Participant[quote=scaredyclassic]
CONS:none.
[/quote]Our mass killings shooters will now have military training and actually know how to use and shoot that assault riffle.
June 9, 2014 at 7:11 AM #774850scaredyclassic
Participant[quote=livinincali][quote=scaredyclassic]
CONS:none.
[/quote]Our mass killings shooters will now have military training and actually know how to use and shoot that assault riffle.[/quote]
cancelled out by the trained responding citizens
June 9, 2014 at 8:32 AM #774858joec
ParticipantSome advanced economies/countries actually have forced military service for a few years. I don’t think it’s a bad idea per se, but I’d have to research and read why the draft was done away with to begin with here and see if that reason still applies…
Here’s a map of what country this still occurs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConscriptionSome countries I found notable still with a draft are: Austria, China, Denmark, Finland, Israel, South Korea, Norway, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand…
That said, a lot of wars aren’t fought by troops alone anymore and some cons the military state is that they don’t actually want people who don’t want to be there…
You would probably also have suicide crazies like it was posted if everyone had the training, not to mention the stress of it all.
I think also, unlike a LOT and nearly every foreign country in the world, the USA isn’t as homogeneous of like minded or similar minded people. Since this country has all immigrants, trying to get them to work together when they probably hate their fellow American or come from a totally different background doesn’t sound like a recipe for success…You already see this in business/professional life where if you aren’t in the old boys club, you aren’t going to get ahead…
A lot of countries probably use this more as a defensive mechanism…If there was an option to have conscription PURELY for defense like if China invades, then I think more people would be for it…Like you can’t be deployed in a foreign country and only in CA or US, etc…
I certainly don’t care about big oil in the middle east or political games in Russia/Ukraine to want to go there to defend people or BIG BUSINESS I don’t know/care about or if I even know who is in the right…
I doubt this will ever fly here again.
June 9, 2014 at 10:02 AM #774866CDMA ENG
Participant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=livinincali][quote=scaredyclassic]
CONS:none.
[/quote]Our mass killings shooters will now have military training and actually know how to use and shoot that assault riffle.[/quote]
cancelled out by the trained responding citizens[/quote]
Oh… You mean like the Ukraine…
Makes perfect sense.
CE
June 9, 2014 at 10:13 AM #774857spdrun
ParticipantThe problem is that the average American is an uneducated militarist, and it will take at least one pointless war with a draft to disabuse him of the RAH-RAH-RAH-*WAR* mindset. If the draft comes back and such a war happens, I’m renouncing my citizenship and leaving the country. I have no interest in dying for the whim of my government and the blithering idiots who elected it. I mean, you’re talking about the same people who elected Dubya Bush. Twice.
This being said, in the long run, it’s a good idea, but implementation will be painful.
June 9, 2014 at 11:30 AM #774878Hatfield
ParticipantOn the other hand, after decades of enduring military coup after coup, Costa Rica disbanded its military. They still have national service, but it seems to mostly be spent doing WPA and CCC like projects. They have an amazing network of really well maintained national parks.
June 9, 2014 at 2:03 PM #774883The-Shoveler
ParticipantWe do that and we will be speaking Canadian in a heartbeat eh?
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