teacherken is one of this site's great diarists. But unfortunately, in his recommended diary on the draft, he makes a number of unforgivable errors and misinterpretations about the political and social impact of a draft. Were it almost any other topic, I might let it pass. But the draft, which is essentially legalized kidnapping and enslavement, is too important a topic.
I first wrote this about 3 years ago for the site in an earlier wave of misguided and uninformed pro-draft sentiment. While I recognize teacherken is not embracing a draft, his diary repeats a number of previously debunked assertions about what a draft would do. So, before we see another "yay draft!" wave of sentiment here, I thought I'd offer these points yet again, in the hopes that evidence, facts, and common sense will win out over assumptions and fantasy.
