Still gotta register for Selective Service, but the chance of an actual draft is exceedingly slim.
Hence the statement, "no real draft". Selective Service might also be on it's way out. With women allowed in all positions the rationale for keeping it men-only is gone, and it is at this point more rational to just get rid of it instead of extending it to all citizens. Volunteers forces are simply superior to drafted ones, and even at peace the US has no shortage of volunteers. The Vietnam Era this ain't.
...because it's better than getting shot and killed. Probably not better than fleeing to a neighbouring country, though.
Myself I couldn't care less. Should I get constripted I'd enter as an officer and would never get to see the frontline. So it'd be a temporary annoyance at worst.
No wonder enlisted men seem to hate officers so much. (Not that I wouldn't do the exact same thing.)
If there's a draft I'm going to hack my own foot off before I fight for the British crown, unless of course we were the ones being invaded.
Calm down Owlbread, no need for foot hacking. Britain's military is volunteer only and the only two times we had conscriptions there was such a thing as conscientious objection.
But seriously, keep your feet.
No, see, it's a metaphor. He'll hack off his feet to symbolize Scotland hacking off England.