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I think a draft produces a better army than the one we would have with all volunteers, because i think you get average americans if you have a draft. and if it's an all-volunteer army, you get people who join up because of some problem in their own lives. they don't have anything else to do, they don't have a job, or they can't find what they want to do, so they join the army. and it doesn't produce the best army.
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I Think A Draft Produces A Better

Andy Rooney
I think a draft produces a better army than the one we would have with all volunteers, because i think you get average americans if you have a draft. and if it's an all-volunteer army, you get people who join up because of some problem in their own lives. they don't have anything else to do, they don't have a job, or they can't find what they want to do, so they join the army. and it doesn't produce the best army.
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