You never know, a little discipline, a little structure...
Might just do a felon good.
And as far as the "poor" go, how does that work? Is military pay that much better than what can be found as a civilian?
So a guy sees an opportunity for an education, or to learn a trade, and voluntarily signs on the dotted line knowing full-well there's a war or two going on. I wonder what he would think of you calling him a pawn.
Amazing we've made it this far without a draft.