Here’s what Noam Chomsky says (audio file): “I think that conscription is going to be a last resort. The reason is the Vietnam experience, the first time, I think, in the history of European imperialism that an imperial power tried to fight a colonial war with a citizen’s army. The British didn’t do it, and the French had the Foreign Legion. In colonial wars, civilians are just no good. Colonial wars are too brutal and vicious and murderous. You just can’t take kids off the street and have them fight that kind of war. You need trained killers, like the … Continue reading Will There Be a Draft?