The controversy surrounding the military draft has since its inception to its repeal in the nineteen-seventies; however the vitality of the draft remains because United States may need more than a volunteer army‚ it requires everyone to serve‚ and higher trained and educated people are needed to run new technology. The first reason is the military may need more than a volunteer army to defend the nation in a national emergency. In the U.S. constitution the government has the right the raise and
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The draft would be a good way to divide the burden of war so it doesn’t solely affect the people who really want to aid their country. When people feel like the draft is unconstitutional‚ the draft doesn’t deprive them rights‚ rather than giving them the right to “defend their country”.(Say Registration or Draft Not Needed 1979) Many people believe that war is bad‚ and I can agree‚ but being drafted doesn’t necessarily mean going immediately to war‚ you could be drafted in a time of no major conflicts
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Do We Need The Draft? We are in a time of war‚ just as we have been several times over the short duration of being a great country. This time we are in the Middle east‚ specifically Iraq‚ where thousands of young men and women have died defending our beliefs as a nation and protecting the rights of others in a foreign land. But what will happen if the war continues for several more years and we begin losing more and more of our sisters‚ brothers‚ husbands‚ wives‚ mothers and fathers to death
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needed to serve in the war‚ the government used conscription‚ the mandatory induction of men into the military.1 Though some people use this word just like the word draft‚ the two concepts are different. Draft is the process to determine who will be chosen to serve; it’s like a lottery. Currently‚ men ages 18-25 have to register with the Select Service with the possibility of serving in the military‚2 but conscription itself was abolished in 1973.3 New York City was considered the business capital
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We Should Not Reinstate the Draft I would never have come to think that I would need the military draft to be reinstated but I think it will be beneficial to our country. It’s been years since they have wanted or needed a draft‚ but in view of the United States being attacked on September 11‚ 2001‚ I feel our country must be prepared and prepared to defend itself. If being prepared means reinstating the draft‚ a compulsory summons for military service‚ then I think they ought to think about this
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The United States is home to the world’s strongest military‚ and at this date and time‚ they are in no need of conscription. The United States has never had a positive history when it comes to drafting eligible citizens into the Armed Forces. Since Colonial times‚ especially the Revolutionary War‚ conscription has always been known as a negative term‚ especially in the time during and around the Vietnam war. Equality‚ as far as race‚ gender‚ and sexual attraction are all in high dispute at this day
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exploration of the history of the draft‚ complete with court opinions and personal opinions. During the American Revolution the new state governments assumed the colonies’ authority to draft for their short term militias but denied General George Washington’s request to provide the central government the power to conscript. As the initial volunteering for the Continental Army subsided most states boosted enlistment by the use of enlistment bounties and holding an occasional draft but this resulted in producing
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1940‚ all men that were citizens of the United States between the ages of eighteen and sixty-four have been required to register for the military draft under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. The draft has been used as a backup system for the United States military until 1973‚ when the Vietnam War ended. With the Vietnam War and the use of the draft‚ many people started to question the effectiveness of the Selective Service System. However‚ despite this‚ all men have been required to
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come without consequences. The question is‚ who should have to die for the conflict to be resolved. A particularly controversial topic in war is the draft. The military draft is the forced‚ random selection of a people to fight in war. The United States has used the military draft in the country’s history‚ but the US has never drafted females. Although some individuals believe women do not have the same physical abilities as men‚ there should be a draft in the United States which includes women‚
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previous war military drafts in the United States‚ the first peace draft was sanctioned by Congress in 1940. Later‚ the draft was deferred in 1973 when the United States transformed to an all-volunteer military and finally‚ through a Presidential Proclamation‚ draft registration requirement was dismissed in 1975 but later renewed in 1980. Currently‚ the Selective Service System‚ together with the draft registration and local draft panels‚ remains as a contingency should a military draft ever be necessary
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