Would another terror attack make you support a draft?

We have to think ahead with these assholes you know.

I would be willing to debate the issue of a draft if you could prove to me somebody has a 40,000,000 man army at the border waiting to invade.

Heck we had a lot of terror right here in the 60's.

We've seen how well you can deal with terror militarily.

Picking up as many people as I could convince to join me on the long walk.

I support a draft for a different reason: Rich men should stop the evil alchemy of turning the blood of the poor into gold. If their own progeny were on the line, there may be less chance of wars of convenience.

...because I'm not a weak-kneed, easily frightened sheep that panics when they hear loud noises.

A draft implies the creation of a large, conscription army.

Now, what are we going to use that army for? What, exactly,
are we to defend - and how? Or, are we going to attack somebody?
If so, who? And with what goals?

I'm not sure how we could stop terror attacks, but flailing about
invading whoever is handy (and has oil...) seems like a badly
flawed strategy.

Let's suppose we snap our fingers and have a 10,000,000 man (and woman)
army, all armed, trained, and ready to fight. What now?

Until I can get a good answer to the "what now", how can I support
a draft?

Why should a slave die for an evil master?
I don't support the draft, ever.
If a slave loves the people and wishes to defend them, then
the person will volunteer to fight in wars of defense,
but such a person is unfindable when the wars are for profit,
hence the need for a draft to enslave to evil masters.

Slavery ended over 100 years ago, or so they say, ha!
Everyone wants to be a slave, those borg are so cool.

I don't support involuntary conscription.

.... is a criminal, and not military, activity.

Terror will NEVER be solved by the military, no matter how many men, how many bombs, how many deaths.

In fact, anyone with 2 brain cells to rub together knows that our little adventure in Iraq just created thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of new terrorists.

Terrorists are criminals and we should work with the intelligence services of allies to hunt them down and bring them to trial.

Conventional military forces are not, I repeat ARE NOT EFFECTIVE against terrorist tactics.
(for the love of Pete, we've got to repeat this every chance we get)

is the 'new' congress. will they have the intestinal fortitude to stand against another mindless mob screaming for revenge against whatever 'villain' the administration tosses their way?

I do believe that the 9/11 attack was orchestrated or at least tolerated by the Bush administration. I would not put it past him/them to allow another one just to prove a point.

Who was responsible for that anthrax thing again? I fergit. Oh yeah, nobody ever bothered to track that one down.

Would another terror attack make you support a draft?

Please define terror attack and tell me how a draft would make any difference in preventing one.

NO.

A terrorist attack is a police problem. NOT. A. MILITARY. PROBLEM.

9/11 was CLEARLY used to feed the military-industrial complex BEAST, and to MANUFACTURE a WAR. Another terrorist attack would prompt another demagogue like Bush to start another unnecessary and heinous war--an excuse for use of our military for corporate resource wars. Bush's war has made us hated around the world.

No. No. And NO! Never again!

CUT the military budget--and use resources for improved security--REAL security--and for the promotion of peace, diplomacy and justice around the world. Get everybody off oil and into alternative, non-polluting energy. Work for global disarmament, especially nuke disarmament (what utter madness it is!). Our bloated military budget is standing temptation to fascists, to wage aggressive war, and a provocation. Cut it back to a true defensive posture (I'd say by about 90%). No more wars of choice!