Persuasive Essay: Why Do We Need A Draft?

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Once again the draft has been called back into question, like a lot of other people i don't think that there should be a draft. But first what is a draft? A draft is a way for a for a country to get a lot man power very fast, these people are selected at random to fight in the war at the time. The last time the U.S. had a volunteer army was around world war 2 to help raise the fighting number from the smaller than portugal to the biggest army in the world. In today's world a draft would not help, and the people would not want it. In this article i will tell you why we do not need a draft.

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