text: do we really need the draft? does the selective service need to be activated, or does america need to reduce troop deployment? your question is comparing apples to oranges. the draft is an emergency-only, time-of-desperate-need usage only option.  that we only have the 'selective service' requirement, and that is only until you are 25 years old, is a great thing compared to other countries.  in many, you are required (they don't care what you believe) to serve 2 years in the armed forces, no matter what.  count your blessings that you are american.