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Hope this lessens the appetite for war.

• scarface74 8y ago
  Of course it won’t. During the draft, mostly the poor and minorities get drafted. The decision makers don’t care about the people who get drafted. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/opinion/vietnam-draft.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/opinion/vietnam-draft.htm...
  • dragonwriter 8y ago
    > During the draft, mostly the poor and minorities get drafted That that was true, or at least the extent to which it was true, was something which distinguished the limited, exception-heavy Vietnam-era draft from prior uses of conscription in the US.
• dragonwriter 8y ago
  It won't for a number of reasons, most notably because even though we have registration as a vestige of the draft, we have a strong commitment post-Vietnam to an all volunteer force, in no small part because assuring that the bulk of the population is insulated from the consequences of the decision to initiate war is the best way to maintain the appetite for imperial adventure.