tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902141356136486160.post5889277974791616155..comments2024-03-08T00:16:42.049-08:00Comments on My Public Affairs: Why Not a Volunteer Army?Rich Stowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10484250403131513299noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902141356136486160.post-19964255966017707482010-12-06T19:36:54.588-08:002010-12-06T19:36:54.588-08:00Some volunteer because they want to fight. Just l...Some volunteer because they want to fight. Just like an employer looking for that employee that wants to be rewarded for their effort. Employee makes money for company and company rewards them for the effort. Pay those who wage war well and it only takes a fraction of the people to do the job since they want to do the job than if you had those who were required to do the job. Big government is a great example. It is human nature to be lazy. If you provide a road to laziness it is that much easier and more will be lazy. A volunteer force with a sense of pride will almost always beat out a comparable conscripted force.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902141356136486160.post-38680300443175777052010-12-06T16:55:54.020-08:002010-12-06T16:55:54.020-08:00Most volunteers and their families support wars li...Most volunteers and their families support wars like the current ones, so the force of anti-war sentiment is blunted. People who disagree vehemently with the current wars but who don't have a personal stake, may grit their teeth and regret what they see as policy mistakes, as well as the outrageous percentage of our national budget which goes to war-making and defensive purposes, but they are less likely to actively protest. If there was a draft, anti-war sentiment would more closely resemble that of the Vietnam era, where people's lives were at the mercy of the government's war. In earlier wars, the entire nation was expected to make sacrifices, but in the current situation, most of the nation blithely goes on enjoying the good life, not giving serious attention to the effects of these wars on the nation's well-being now and in the future.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08545324318652522177noreply@blogger.com