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brewer12345 said:I just can't comprehend how a coerced career choise can be viewed as a "benefit."
I can respond to how it applied in my situation. Had it not been for the draft, I would have never considered joining the military and doing some of the things I had the opportunity to accomplish. Wasn't within my scope of what I thought I could achieve in life. The draft forced me to make choices I wouldn't have otherwise made, exposed me to opportunities I probably wouldn't have run across, and gave me the self-confidence to try things I would never have attempted.
It worked out fine for me, and I think the taxpayers got their money's worth on what they spent for my training and upkeep (we won the cold war, remember ). That said, I'm not a supporter of the draft and think bringing it back would do more harm than good for all the reasons that have been expressed in this and other threads on the subject.