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Originally posted by antryg:
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Originally posted by Djinn Raffo:
Conscript armies are useless.
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Let's see..... The US began the draft in the American Civil War. The North had a draft and the South didn't. The North won.[/QUOTE]The South had a draft, it was hugely unpopular. Infact the Confederate draft predates the union draft by over a year makeing it the first draft in American history.
Also, most (~2/3) of the Union army in the Civil War was "volunteer".
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Originally posted by antryg:
Vietnam was the "poor boy's can't buy their way out of the draft" war, and it's safe to say that effort didn't lead to a decisive American victory.
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The Union draft (which you seem to be a fan of) in the civil war was exactly the same, if you had money you could pay $300, or pay someone to go in your place.