Poll: The Draft

[Spaghetti]

No. Firstly, I'm not exactly in peek physical condition.
Secondly, I'm a pacifist.

Plus everyone would take the early WW1 argument of - "Conscription is un-British!"

 

[orangebandguy]

I'd fight because it's better than being labelled a coward and imprisoned. As long as there's good in the world it's worth fighting for?

 

[Savage Man]

It would really depend on the war. If I truly believed my countries future was at stake, I would go. But for one of my country's (America) current wars? I'd be in Canada by sundown.

 

[Zaksav91]

Really depends on the kind of war. If it had to do with something in the Middle east then hell no I ain't going. But if we were invaded or we were fighting another global superpower bent on taking over the world then I would say "BRING IT!"

 

[Voodoomancer]

My country doesn't even have an army, lol.

 

[GreyWolf257]

Getting drafted would suck like hell, but I would go just so that I can have my dignity and so that my family wouldn't dis-own me. Plus, I don't want to get sentenced to hanging by a military court for draft-dodging.

 

[jamesworkshop]

In reality nobody likes the draft being shot at isn't fun
it basically mean the war is already lost
sending huge waves to go and get killed doesn't help the economy
military personal hate conscripts because they are completly unreliable and destroy morale created by the elitism of military forces and those who passed the training to join

Might as well fight in the draft death in battle is preferable to being slaughterd when the enemy invade and kill everyone

dude, WWII? we did not lose that and there was a draft i am pretty damn certain

Yeah warfare changed alot since then

 

[ironlordthemad]

hey i plan on joining my country's military anyway so the draft is hardly going to be an issue

 

[Murlin]

It's a funny thing the same subject came up at debate club in school about one week ago or so...
OT:I'd probably fight, if I get myself killed I could always be stereotypical and say as my last words something like "rez plz..." or "ima w8 4 respawn..." or even "Boom headshot..."

 

[annoyinglizardvoice]

I'd avoid it by any means nessesary. There's no country on the earth worthy of me dying or killing for it.

 

[C.O.C]

I've no problems with war im just a massive coward is all. And if we were all massive cowards there would be no wars

 

[Argtee]

I'm a big coward. I would probably hide in my basement until they stopped looking for me.

I am terrible at hiding though, so they'd probably find me.

 

[Samuel Cook]

I would go, on the condition that every immigrant that has moved to England from the past 60 years fuck off back to their own country. Call me racist, but there is no way in hell I'm going to lay my life on the line for people that are, in most cases, ruining my country.

 

[Nickolai77]

Max, what I'm saying is that, well, fighting for the status quo, in certain scenarios, is fighting in your own selfinterest. You would not like to live under an authoritarian government, and neither would I. And, as intelligent and dangerous as we both were, two, or even two hundred, or twenty thousand such men aren't going to make a difference as individuals. It was only at war, where those twenty thousand who didn't heed the call, that we could have made a difference.

Good point well expressed Rolling Thunder.

I think most of the American's here are thinking of a sort of Vietnam like situation, and in that situation, then yes i would be opposed to a draft. However if it's a scanario where your country is on the verge of being invaded, like in WW2, i would happily be drafted.

Likewise, if the threat to my country was not direct, but highly potential or that the loss of the war would have seriously bad effects back home, i would not oppose to be drafted.

Let's say that Russia decides to conquor Europe with a huge army, they have took over Eastern Europe and the Germans are left to hold off the German onslaught. The Germans ask their remaining European allies to help out, and if the only way to raise an army large enough to defeat the Russians is by draft, i would go along with it. After all, if Russia takes over only continental Europe, Britain is screwed.

 

[Downfall89]

No.
But the draft won't happen in America.
Ever.

It did for the Vietnam War, what makes you think they wouldn't bring out the draft if a war actually threatened the United States? I think they would be quick to arm the populace to stop those communist/terrorist bastards, if need be.

 

[Rolling Thunder]

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Fair enough.

My original point (Well, one of my older ones, anyway,) though, still stands: Pressing people into service is a really excellent way to embitter people who you just taught to kill, and since the enemy isn't the one who just took however many years of their life away, "reason" and "logic" would probably not be high on the list of things to use while considering their next move.

An entirely valid and reasonable point.

 

[Tartarga]

Depends who were fighting. Like the Japanese for example, those guy are freaking crazy when it comes to defending their country. If its them I would run like hell.