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As the need for more troops is on the rise with the war continuing in Iraq, and other potential threats on the rise, there is much talk of an impending draft. Recruiters are forced to accept less qualified candidates and are using some unsound methods. The Army National Guard, Army Reserve, and regular Army troop's contracts have been extended beyond their agreed terms of service. Is there a need for a draft, or is one already in place in the form of a backdoor or economic draft?
The first military draft was enacted during the Civil War in 1863, for the Union army which led to riots in New York City. The draft has come and gone several times since then, only being in effect during wartime. Three million men were drafted into the service for World War One, ten million in World War Two, and two million for the war in Korea. During the Vietnam War, about 1.7 million men were drafted, but not without often violent protesting and draft dodgers. In 1969, President Nixon proposed a plan......

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