This seems like a rather large topic not really connected to this thread, so I started a new thread here:
Continuing the discussion from Multiple Shootings At Fort Hood: In the linked thread, @Darren_Garrison characterizes the draft (specifically in WWII) as “the pure evil of drafted military slavery.” Is he right? Was the military draft in WWII “pure evil”? Stated another way: Was the draft in WWII morally justified? And more broadly, is a military draft ever justified? I don’t believe the draft in WWII was evil. I think WWII was morally justified for the U.S. to engage in, and I know of no wa…