The Return of the Draft
A societywide draft would also make it more difficult for politicians to commit troops to battle without popular approval. "The folks making the decisions are committing other people's lives to a war effort that they're not making any sacrifices for," says Charles Sheehan-Miles, who fought in the first Gulf War and now serves as director of Veterans for Common Sense.
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=2759
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=2759
Starmail - 29. Jan, 14:55