THE FORUM: "The heavy burden of war, shouldered by the few," by DeWayne Wickham, USA Today, 26 May 2009.

Well meaning but completely backasswards logic.

I will not even engage on the lack of desire within the U.S. military to go back to a non-professional force.

Here's another take: going for the draft will only encourage all of America's worst tendencies toward going-it-alone.