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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So where would you move if a draft is implemented?

Would US territories be part of a draft? Puerto Rico? St. Thomas? [/quote]

There will be no draft. There are enough people who did nothing in high school or were born into poverty and don't have any options so they sign up for a government job called the military.[/quote]

What an ignorant generalization.[/quote]

Tell me how it isn't so. Who, officers and a small minority aside, serves in the US military? What is the demographic - not the outliers - what is the predominant demographic? Prove to me that I'm ignorant.[/quote]

Well, you have to basically pass an IQ test to get into the military, so that will weed out a lot of the really stupid folks.  It's been estimated based on AFQT scores that the average IQ for enlisted is around 105; or better than 65% of the people in the US.  Enlisted in the military aren't the dregs of society you seem to think they are; they're just average folks (above average actually) that happen to want to serve their country.   [/quote]

I didn't say anything about the intelligence of enlisted military. I just contend that for most people who sign up the military it is a pragmatic choice and the best option. And for the last 50 years the country has not had to use the draft because there have been enough enlistees to cover demand. Those with the money, high school grades or aptitude for academics attend college instead of choosing the military. Don't they? So I do think that life circumstances and life choices, i.e. poverty/poor economic prospects and poor high school performance/poor economic prospects, drive individuals into the military. So the whole argument about registering for the draft is really a red herring. And, for the most part, I don't see people here objecting to women registering.[/quote]

Moron:  plenty of college educated people choose military careers.  See, e,g, ROTC.  And thanks to Jim Webb, the new GI Bill basically makes college free (or greatly reduced in cost) for those who meet the service criteria.  For some, the military is a great way out of dire circumstances that the vast majority of the pampered people on this board will never know.  But it reaches beyond that.[/quote]

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