I wasn't supportive of the idea of the draft the way it was run in my youth however I learned to appreciate the reason for it later in life when I began to study in earnest what my father went through. If it were within my power I would change some basic elements of selective service but I now realize how important it is. I would have benefitted, no question about it.

No democratic society can afford to have "a warrior class" all-volunteer military, it separates us too much, it creates unwanted barriers to communications between the different strata of our people. A selective service obligation forces our society to understand the concept of universally shared sacrifice and we all end up with skin in the game.

Not everyone is built to be a soldier but every able bodied person, and even some who aren't 100 percent able bodied, have something to offer.
Maybe they're not all made of military "stuff" but almost everyone has "the right stuff" inside them. A draft, especially a peacetime draft, brings us together.

We better damn well build new bases and accommodate a much larger military because the last time we arrived at a point like this, two large regional powers became rather hostile and decided that they had gauged our weakness accurately...and they were almost right.
The civilization and society I grew up in almost got wiped out before I was even born.

In my humble opinion we are at such an intersection right now.


PS: You'd better wipe out your Win7 OS. There's plenty wrong with Windows 7, it's not safe and it's not secure anymore.
Give the likely lower performance specs on your lappies I'd suggest you install Linux and restrict what those machines are allowed to do.

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