Reply #15: No way. I DO NOT believe it.

[American Tragedy]

As I've said before, I can't imagine that conscription will be reinstated again in the foreseeable future. I would love it if they would, though, because it would be the beginning of the end.

The social and political ramifications would be catastrophic. The administration benefits immensely from being able to cloak the price of war in the volunteer military. Right now, the invasion and occupation of Iraq is still just a television drama. If that were to change, the attitudes of most Americans would completely turn around. They know it, too.

Nevertheless, my parents, old hippies who are still justifiably scarred by their experiences in that era, have prepared for this contingency for the past twenty years. If it's clear that it's gonna happen, I get a one-way ticket across the Atlantic. But so far, I've seen no truly compelling evidence.