>I am very tempted to flag this. the sociopath thing really rubs me the wrong way
Geeze Louise. I don't think flagging, on this site, is meant as a downvote for articles where you disagree with some terms' definitions.
>The United States made a huge mistake in moving to an all-volunteer army in the 1970s. With a draft and mandatory conscription, everybody had the common experience of serving and perhaps doing really bad things in the line of duty.
Are you seriously proposing that, instead of sending in a few thousand well trained guys who can do the job, it's preferable to send a few million who can barely fire a rifle - just because it may make for effective anti-war propaganda? If you are truly serious, you should at least know that it doesn't work. Only Vietnam turned a significant proportion of its veterans into anti-war activists. Korea, the World Wars and the Civil War had no such effect.
The World Wars were justified in the eyes of the population, Korea didn't last long enough to get worked up about, and there were draft riots during the Civil War as well as federal repression of the anti-war movement.
Geeze Louise. I don't think flagging, on this site, is meant as a downvote for articles where you disagree with some terms' definitions.
>The United States made a huge mistake in moving to an all-volunteer army in the 1970s. With a draft and mandatory conscription, everybody had the common experience of serving and perhaps doing really bad things in the line of duty.
Are you seriously proposing that, instead of sending in a few thousand well trained guys who can do the job, it's preferable to send a few million who can barely fire a rifle - just because it may make for effective anti-war propaganda? If you are truly serious, you should at least know that it doesn't work. Only Vietnam turned a significant proportion of its veterans into anti-war activists. Korea, the World Wars and the Civil War had no such effect.