Today's article relates to the article you posted. Doesn't have much to do with Viet Nam, except we don't have a draft now, and you don't have to be a citizen to serve in today's military.
In the Viet Nam era, you may recollect many enlisted, or (gasp) went to the National Guard only because of the draft. There were very few "volunteers" who enlisted for purely patriotic reasons and those were primarily from "country" areas were education and employment opportunities were limited.
I have suggested reinstatement of the draft, instead of the all-volunteer mercenary military we have. It provides balance, and forces the general population to consider what we are doing before sacrificing our children.
JMO. What's yours?
