[lit-ideas] Re: Where There's a Will There's a Won't
- From: John Wager <john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 02:25:26 -0500
Eric Yost wrote:
>>You're not allowing for the possibility of a draft...
Yes I am. A draft takes a long time to yield combat-ready soldiers.
The way the selective system law is set up, 5 to 7 days after the draft
is re-instituted the first draftees will be reporting for basic
training. That takes 9 weeks. Another 13 for Advanced Infantry Training
or Humvee driving, and you can get thousands of troops out in 6 months.
Plus drafted troops generally underperform.
I knew lots of draftees in Vietnam. It was a myth that they were
"cannon fodder;" the number of draftees out in the jungle versus the
number back in base camps was about evenly divided. Draftees perform
quite well in most roles; any particular reluctance to fight sometimes
means they have even more motivation to do their basecamp job well. And
I think it an EXCELLENT idea that there are a few people in every unit
that think the whole idea of a war is NOT something they personally want
to be involved in; I don't think you would have seen as many prison
abuses, etc. if there had been some draftees to say to the volunteers
"Wait a minute guys! That's just wrong."
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Lisle, IL, USA
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