Oh, I'm not saying a draft for the next world war would be a great idea All I'm saying is that once you're against the wall you're against the wall You can't just "win" a war remotely, even with nukes. At some point you have to go there and occupy. And nukes fly both ways. Look at the korean war; the US army had nothing to bomb anymore, they bombed everything there was to bomb. And what do you get if they still don't surrender like japan did? Well you get the next day and a pissy north korea vowing to retaliate and keep the war going forever. Just like germany, even after being bombed to shit they kept fighting until the allies took berlin. So in such context, people aren't going to be able to resume their normal life, let alone be allowed to do so, as if nothing happened. Normal is gone, martial law is declared, the constitution and courts are suspended, etc... Survivors fit to fight are drafted and shit starters are shot on the spot