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No disrespect, but it is not the US Military that has a weakness for sustaining an indefinite war, that weakness falls upon the Civilian side of the balance.
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True in Viet Nam, the civilians ran out the will to persist. However, the current conflict the military itself is arguable suffering from an indefinite war.
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If one drafts a person more suited for Basketball onto a Baseball Team, can one really expect this person to be a better Baseball Player?
I don't think so. One because there is a different need and quite possibly a desire between Baseball and Basketball, and like an Involuntary Draft into Military Service results might not be as good as opposed to one that desired to be in the Military.
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The advantage of the draft was an
endless supply of mostly
single men (cannon fodder) over a long period of time at
low pay(I was paid $78 a month at the start of Viet Nam). Now we have a few mostly married men who join for the comparatively good pay. The results are too costly, with too many being effected with each death (wife, kids), and with reoccurring tours of duty, an almost certain chance of being killed or injured. It is then, not a good comparison to sports teams.