GC,

In my opinion, I believe it is just political banter. I do not believe any kind of compulsory service or Draft will happen. That is not to say we should take a blind eye to it when it is brought up, but I find it extremely unlikely that it will happen anytime soon unless there was an outbreak of major proportions in terms of a war and there was no other choice.

As I mentioned, I'm against compulsory service and I think the fact that our military is "volunteer" if you will is what makes our country distinct, and for most Americans makes us proud of our service people. The term sacrifice is even more appropriate when the soldiers decided to serve our country under their own influence and not that of a government.