The United States should call for mandatory military service to ensure the freedom and liberty for the children of tomorrow. A lot of people do not know the United States has called for mandatory military service before, just with a different name, the draft. The draft has been “employed by the federal government of the United States in four conflicts: the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam war. “This makes five different occasions when Americans were drafted for a total of 16.5 million people” ( Random Fact of The Day 1). 16.5 million people were drafted and under 1.25 million died in these wars, which is about a 7.6% death rate. While the military maybe a riskier job there are great benefits for it. …show more content…
The military doesn’t just go around killing people like many people think. If the military evaluate every situation and tries to de-escalate at all cost, violence is the last resort. The military will only turn to violence if it needs to protect the citizens of the U.S. and the citizens of innocent countries. Also people do not like giving them money to the government just to go to other people like soldiers, police, and firefighters. Many people don’t understand that the U.S. need all of these things to run smoothly. People just need to support the military and to support the actions of the military. If they do this then the US will continue to have the most powerful military in the world, and if they have the most powerful military in the world and the children of tomorrow will have the freedom that they deserve. The military protects us everyday. It’s time for the people of America to give back to our great military. Mandatory military service will bankrupt to U.S. and send her into a state of crisis and people don’t have the money to donate or give to a new tax. Everyone though can support or military and support everyone in it. It is time to give back to our shield, our protector, our