# Poll: Will the U.S. have a draft in the near future? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 27, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771 "2004-12-27T14:24:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ninetypercent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de0a6/32.png) [@ninetypercent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninetypercent)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/1 "2004-12-27T14:24:43Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![ninetypercent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de0a6/32.png) [@ninetypercent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninetypercent)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/2 "2004-12-27T14:28:12Z")
woops. wrong forum. a simple yes or no, btw. i’ve seen the debate a million times. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/3 "2004-12-27T14:42:01Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/4 "2004-12-27T14:57:12Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/5 "2004-12-27T15:02:37Z")
Yes, for lack of choice, & disastrously poor judgement. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/6 "2004-12-27T15:06:27Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/7 "2004-12-27T15:20:44Z")
Define “near future”. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![rfgdxm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@rfgdxm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rfgdxm)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/8 "2004-12-27T15:22:23Z")
No. The idea wouldn’t be politically sellable. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/9 "2004-12-27T15:26:51Z")
no A volunteer army is still the best fighting force. A forced draft in the USA is not only unlikely, but impractical for at least a couple of more generations. (Massive unusual circumstances withstanding) ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/10 "2004-12-27T15:30:54Z")
Of course not. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/11 "2004-12-27T15:53:11Z")
[Moderator Hat: ON] Polls belong in IMHO, not GQ. [Moderator Hat: OFF] ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/12 "2004-12-27T16:50:24Z")
Yes. Of course, it’s politically sellable–just call critics unpatriotic. After Abu Ghraib and the revelations of the arrant fraud committed by Bushco, I don’t think that there is anything Bush can do that the American people wouldn’t swallow, including herding Muslims into concentration camps as the US did to the Japanese Americans in WWII. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/13 "2004-12-27T16:54:44Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/14 "2004-12-27T17:00:49Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/15 "2004-12-27T17:19:01Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![galen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/16 "2004-12-27T17:50:29Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > Yes. Of course, it’s politically sellable–just call critics unpatriotic. After Abu Ghraib and the revelations of the arrant fraud committed by Bushco, I don’t think that there is anything Bush can do that the American people wouldn’t swallow, including herding Muslims into concentration camps as the US did to the Japanese Americans in WWII. [Of course.](http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5143823.html) ---
**Author:** ![galen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/17 "2004-12-27T17:53:10Z")
Oops, that one won’t work. Try [this one](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=341659&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312) instead. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/18 "2004-12-27T17:58:22Z")
Yes. Mr. Bush and Mr. Rumsfeld are itching to start the next war, but they don’t have enough cannon fodder to do this one right. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/19 "2004-12-27T18:08:21Z")
No. The “backdoor draft” will continue, but we’ll cut and run if Iraq turns from “quagmire” to “undeniable catastrophe”. Starting the draft would cut off the Republicans at the knees for the next decade. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771/20 "2004-12-27T19:09:05Z")
> [@Menocchio](#): > > No. The “backdoor draft” will continue, but we’ll cut and run if Iraq turns from “quagmire” to “undeniable catastrophe”. Starting the draft would cut off the Republicans at the knees for the next decade. I agree with this 100%. For the administration, leaving Iraq in bloody civil war would be better than reinstating the draft. Besides, the talking heads could immediately start blaming the outcome on the ungrateful Iraqis and then magically none of it would be our fault. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-the-u-s-have-a-draft-in-the-near-future/281771.md?page=2)