A few obvious points: (i) the vast majority of US citizens, regardless of age, are too fat and too unhealthy to be eligible for the draft; (ii) a modern technological military needs specialists, not more grunts whose short period of service would preclude establishing the expertise necessary to operate and maintain modern weapons systems; (iii) the USA is too dysfunctional now to do anything purposeful for any meaningful period of time. Moreover, the self-indulgent complacency exhibited by the author's daughter is likely widespread, and would serve to undermine any attempt to re-establish a draft.