General Discussion

with the knowledge that their military service is limited is preferred to an all volunteer force totally dependent on the army for sustenance. The well armed civilian is less likely to engage in a military takeover of the government than the volunteer. The well armed civilian doesn't want to be in uniform while the volunteer usually has no alternative.
Noted anti war Democrat Eugene McCarthy subscribed to this concept. He also noted that we've been on a permanent war footing since the Department of War, only fully funded for war when war was declared, was renamed the Defense Department. Since December 7, 1941 the military has gotten every thing it asked for and more, no matter how absurd. Fear has a way of making people lose their common sense.