The Draft

Military service is riddled with promises of honor, duty and self-sacrifice. This, however, is not always the reason an individual signs up for the military. Today, with joining the military as a private choice, military recruitment efforts target low-income and minority individuals who have few alternative options. The appropriation of duty is disproportionately distributed to less advantaged citizens. The draft should be reinstated as to equally distribute civic duty. The citizens of the United States are collectively responsible for the security of the country and military service is a public duty that should be shared by all. If the draft were re-established, the citizens of the United States would be together joined to the actions of their county, moving beyond the now private choice to join the military. With the entire public directly affected by the war, the government will ideally reevaluate its war efforts and their consequences. The US should reinstate the draft to reconnect its citizens the actions of the country and form a stronger public body.