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Re-instating the draft would be political suicide - so, while a few lunatic leaders might support it, there won't be enough votes to make it happen. Hypothetically, even if it did, there wouldn't be enough prisons or guards to force consequences on all those who refused.
Besides, we'll never invade a country that has nukes. In the near future, that'll be prettymuch every potential enemy.
The only war with China will be a trade war, which we can't win. They will be the economic superpower of the next century.
Soon the Islamic states will join together collectively, under the umbrella of a nuclear arsenal, and the USA won't have shit to say about the price of oil anymore.
Also at that point, to avoid nuclear war, we'll have to step back from the Israel dispute and let 'em sort it out themsevles; whatever the consequences.
We're going to have to get used to not being "#1" anymore. We'll still be one of several strong nations, just not the only one. The USA will no longer have the luxury of ignoring the UN.
If we have pragmatic rational leaders who can practice effective diplomacy, then things really won't be that bad. Mutually Assured Destruction worked okay in the 80's. But if we end up with another 'Dubbya' . . . then maybe the world goes BOOM.
::shrug:: whatever, we're all dead sooner or later anyway, then none of this matters.
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