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I'll repeat, a draft is unnecessary. Not only is a decent-pay volunteer army mixed with the manhood-if-in-army culture a viable alternative, but South Korea needs one thing to defend itself: A nuclear weapon. Thirdly, even if South Korea had nothing, North Korea wouldn't attack because it would be attacked. Like a nuclear weapon is deterrent, so is having everyone not want North Korea attacking South Korea a deterrent.
Well, did you know that the Koreas are still in a state of war? You don't have to declare a war, you can just attack whenever you want- since no peace was declared. That is why, a draft is in place- and is an absolute necessity. That is also why, the Americans keep a relatively large base in Korea.
1. Volunteer armies cannot have a large standing army.
2. You cannot have a large amount of reserve force without either having a 'national military training' or 'drafting'- which you require in any case of imminent invasion.
3. Civilians have absolutely no say when it comes down to a barrel on the neck.
Oh and, you're not the one who decides what is necessary or not. I hope you aren't going to debase what Korea does and doesn't anymore.
And a non-proliferation treaty limits South Korea with just nuclear reactors. Apparently, South Korea isn't as isolated as North Korea is, and has a 'face' to preserve.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_war (look at the results.)
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For the record, I haven't eaten a burger in maybe eleven years. Yay me.
Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Sep 12 2009, 8:39 am by BeDazed.
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