[quote:e28af4b2c6="xJudgex"][quote:e28af4b2c6="villalobosr"]Because the same way Bush and Rumsfeld insisted there were weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq and there weren't any, that is what they are saying about this draft. You can't trust anybody now days, not even your president and that is very sad. They are saying there is no draft and people are saying there is. They have a sense of deceivement. After all, the main reason for going to Iraq was the WMD's, and not the liberation of the Iraqis. Why does the US not go after countries like CHina, that we know for a fact have WMD's? They test them all the time.[/quote:e28af4b2c6]

You have to remember that a big part of military strategy is knowing when and how to fight your battles. Yes, we know that China has WMDs... we also know that they have roughly a third of the world's population in their country alone. You have to consider that Iraq posed more of a political threat than anything else. By virtue of there being a possibility of Saddam having WMDs it created instability in the region, and because the region plays a huge part in the global economy as well as socio-political matters, something had to be done.

China on the other hand is alot more complicated. China has one of the few conventional militaries that rival our own, not only in manpower, but in technology as well. As such, they're not only a regional military threat, like Iraq was, but rather, a global threat. They have ICBM capability that if push came to shove, I could see being employed. I see a very messy outcome out of a Chinese-American war, much messier than in Iraq. While victory against China is feasible, it would come at a great loss. Also, China poses less of an immediate threat to political stability than Iraq did. Saddam was alot more willing to invade neighboring countries in order to achieve his goals. China on the other hand doesn't want war any more than we do. They know that if they start some, they're gonna get some. They have alot more to lose than Iraq did.

Politics suck, but you have to remember that they do play an essential role in how we choose our battles.[/quote:e28af4b2c6]

Actually, China is not a huge threat militarily. Research shows that while their civilian society is technologicaly advanced, their military is terrible. Some equipment dates as far back as the 50 and 60's. Studies show they would have trouble doing a beach assault on Taiwan.

I'm not posting this to say I am smarter or anything. Heck, I was not really aware of this for a while. The way I found out was, I noticed that people who grew up in China seem to be more hesitent than people from other nations about joining the Military. I asked one of my Chinese recruits about how their Military is... This is another disadvantage they have. Their military really brings in the low level of society. In other words, the least educated people in China are in their Army (PLA).

I agree with everything you said except the part about the technologicaly advanced military of China.

China is however, looking at upgrading it's military, and the plan is supposedly underway.

if we were to invade china, the casultes would be huge on both sids. it would also do a number on are economy. we get a lot of things from china you could most likely find an item made in china in your house.they also have about 1/3 of the earths pop. and bigger than the lower 48 states. there would mabye be less countrys helping in the war than in the war with iraq. if we went to war with china there would have to be a draft

There will be a draft. Will it be in the near future, probably not. Look at the rate people are ETSing out of the Army. The reason they are doing this at alarming rates is the high deployment tempo. Sooner or later, the other shoe is going to drop. They are talking about adding troops to the military. This is hard to do when so many people are opting to go 3,4,5 or 6 and out. Eventually, the way our "fearless" leader is, we will be stretched too thin for the current end strength.

All I know is that if there's a draft, I want to be a drill sergeant. :lol:

An all volunteer force is a professional army. A draft means that all of sudden, it's amateur night. Also, FYI, we ALREADY spend more money on defense than the next 30 countries combined, where's the money gonna come from to put even another hundred thousand soldiers in uniform? To train them? To care for their dependents? To sign them onto the entitlements gravy train that veterans enjoy?

In short, not only do we professional soldiers not want a draft, I don't think anyone in their right mind thinks we could afford it.

Also, serious draft discussion would probably be political suicide for the politician that said it.