Reply #66: Yep

[Strawman]

"It sounds to me like this is another piñata which, when the bashing is done and the dust is cleared, will yield at least another decade or two of people far more willing to be taxed for the most expensive military in the world than to put their own asses on the line and participate in the dirty work of self-governance that assures us that we don't engage in military conflict except as a very last resort. ("I'd rather send my money than my son. Let someone else's kid do it.")"

That sounds about right.

My other theory was that they needed bodies so badly to keep the war going (and start others) that they really would like to bring back the draft, and will scare the shit out of us somehow to get us to go along, but your theory makes more sense.