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Originally Posted by M21Sniper
Well since you won't be doing the fighting, i wouldn't worry too much about the American blood that will be spilled.
The guys that will be dying(on the US side) are all volunteers.
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I have fought and killed for our country.
Last I heard the military fights whoever the civilian government through free elections tells it to fight whether the military is volunteers or conscripted. Last I heard non-obligation officers can't resign today and a stop loss on many enlisted MOSes is in force so I guess we have a hybrid system at the moment. I personally know people now in the military who are no longer volunteers.
A war with China has the potential to spill American blood on the homeland in far greater numbers than those who volunteered to join the military and will be ordered into the war zone regardless of whether they believe in the wisdom of the war.
I don't think the people who died on the first day of the War in Terror were all volunteers. Also when wars are unpopular soon the army must be filled with conscripts.