Originally Posted by rubicon

As has been reported in the news over the years there are many many honorable men and women serving. However due to recruiting goals standards continually were lower to meet those goals. As a result the military is experiencing higher crime ratres, including rapes. We now see that the military has waived the "don't ask don't tell which I believe has opened a pandora's box. I volunteered and served proudly for four years.

I have alwyas believed that the draft is an essential tool for our defense for all those reasons cited by others in previous posts. The day will arrive when we won't be able to afford a volunteer military. Keep in mind one of the main reasons Rome fell was because their armies at the end were mostly mercenaries and they fought for whoever paid them more.

I have written senators for many years about bring back the draft. It is essential they we do. For those who want to hide in Candada along with the draft make it a law that if they flee they can't come back