Military Draft Argumentative Essay

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 in age. If the Armed Forces were to have a draft, how would these play out in the draft, and how would the media and the majority of the United States’ population react? Economic factors, such as government budget, as well as the positive or negative
No branch of the United States Armed Forces is in need of conscription due to strong patriotism, a low need for soldiers, equality in a draft situation, economic factors, and the need to keep a positive media reputation. The media scrutiny the United States Military and Armed Forces received in it’s most recent war engagements, such as the Vietnam War and World War II, was an unexplainable amount. American Justice states “Throughout the years, various deferments and exemptions have existed, but they were never met with the level of incendiary reaction that the Vietnam years brought. the violent antimilitarism of the era is best understood as a reaction against a very unpopular war.” (P. 186). The Vietnam war was one of the darkest time for the United States, both inside and outside of the country. It brought protest, rioting, and began to tear apart the country. The negative light that was brought upon the military and government during this time was unbearable. When the draft was initiated, it only made matters worse, and the media took