What if Western countries kept the draft? How would the military be affected, and would affirmative action get a foothold? Perhaps a National Service Administration similar to Singapore, Peace Corps or CCC?
What do you mean by "Western"? As iirc some Western countries like W Germany had national service of some kind at least until the late 1990s and may still do for all I know. My male German friends who came of age in the late 90s certainly appeared to do some form of national service ranging from ambulance driving for the Red Cross through to more traditional military occupations
No nation that had major overseas military commitments and cared about defense would preserve conscription. Sending undertrained, unwilling boys overseas is a bad idea militarily and a even worse idea politically. Vietnam showed that to the world. An AVF US military would have won in Vietnam just the AVF US military is winning in Iraq and Afgan.
Edit: what is AA and EE?
Bump. Arnold, AA is affirmative action/positive discrimination. Employment Equity, its Canadian counterpart. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_equity_(Canada)
With all the controversies about Sikhs with helmets/turbans, women in forward infantry, armour, and submarine positions today, surely one of those programs will be affected? Particularly if someone uses the Human Rights Commission to address it.