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The US draft ended because, people have to remember, the army was headed towards open mutiny during Vietnam. The domestic protesters and political opposition were completely shrugged off, but the fragging let the brass know that they couldn't keep the show going indefinitely.
Iraq 1 and 2 were entirely done with volunteers, mercenaries and the "poverty draft". Loyalty (and war crimes) were way up and fragging had all but disappeared. The recruitment numbers are irreversibly in the toilet after Iraq 2; that type of force is basically depleted at this point.
The capital-W West has spent the last couple decades fantasizing about filling in that gap by just going harder with bombs and robots. I'm not sure how much of that is pure propaganda copium at this point. We're seeing heavy use of drones now but they aren't exactly a replacement for actual trained infantry.
Iraq 1 and 2 were entirely done with volunteers, mercenaries and the "poverty draft". Loyalty (and war crimes) were way up and fragging had all but disappeared. The recruitment numbers are irreversibly in the toilet after Iraq 2; that type of force is basically depleted at this point.
The capital-W West has spent the last couple decades fantasizing about filling in that gap by just going harder with bombs and robots. I'm not sure how much of that is pure propaganda copium at this point. We're seeing heavy use of drones now but they aren't exactly a replacement for actual trained infantry.