The Military Draft

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The Military Draft: Unfair and Unnecessary The freedom to choose a life served in the armed forces is a right given to the American people by its government. A draft ruins the benefits of an all volunteer military , is against life ownership principles, and only adds more numbers to the troops we have stationed all over the world protecting countries other than our own. An all volunteer military ensures that the soldiers we train, support, and trust with our lives and the lives of other; want to serve and protect. Driven by patriotism, and faith, these soldiers have a state of mind that cannot be forced. Being away from home, family, and almost every luxury is both physically and emotionally taxing, having the courage to do this makes being away easier, being told by a piece of paper that you are leaving for a few months to a few years to a location you don’t know, is terrifying. The very lives of our soldiers could hang in the choice of having a draft, as suicides have always been present in all levels of military services. Being sent away involuntarily would easily send almost anyone into a depression, unsafe to themselves and possibly others. Under such stress a soldier can’t perform his best and would therefore only hinder the other’s. (Use outside source and cite it!) America was founded on the principles that a man was entitled to the sweat of his brow, that if you want to be a farmer, you can be a farmer. That you are not limited to what you can be, or what you can do by anyone or anything. That our government is run by the people for the people, a draft is completely against these principles. “I own my own life. I can do whatever I want to with it. This is a right that I take for myself. No one has a right to take my life away from me— all of it, or any portion of it— without my consent. No one may diminish the quantity— or the quality— of my life. To
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