> My worry is that a draft would spread and strengthen martial values,
> which is something the U.S. definitely doesn't need. Don't a lot of
> conservatives blame "Vietnam Syndrome" on the fact that too few
> Americans have served in the military?
But oddly, it's named after the last war in which the civilian population faced ANY general obligation to serve, however imperfect it might have been.
(Full disclosure: I've aged out of the Selective Service System by a year and a half, but assume any future draft would scrap that and start over.)
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."