Matt Rojansky over at acrosstheaisle.org has written a great article regarding our attitude toward the war and our troops. Here’s an excerpt.

After six years of war, we must pay more than lip service to our gratitude. We must act to ease the burden on our armed forces, and to give strategic vision and moral depth to our national security policy. A handful of politicians, security experts, and even military officers have proposed restoration of the draft as a means of driving home the real costs of war to average Americans, and thereby mobilizing them to demand leadership and meaningful policy change from Washington. If each of us is equally likely to be called upon to serve, then all of us will agree that such service must be absolutely necessary for our national security, consistent with our values, and limited in time and scope.

So I have to admit, this might actually be a good and productive reason to open up military draft. It would sure shake a lot of people out of the apathy that consumes them.

You can (and should) read the rest of Matt’s article here.