Wars of Choice and the Draft

Bringing Back the Draft Isn’t a “Remedy” For Anything (Daniel Larison) from the American Conservative
"Ending the draft was one of the more significant improvements to modern American life in the last fifty years, and throwing away those gains would be a huge mistake. Especially when the U.S. no longer faces foreign threats comparable to the USSR, a draft would be nothing but an
inexcusable intrusion into the lives of Americans. ... Our wars of choice have been made possible by the possession of a large, well-equipped military that can go to war at the president’s discretion even without Congress’ approval. A draft would not make it harder for the U.S. to blunder into costly conflicts, but rather would increase the resources available to future administrations that they could squander even more easily."