The Association of Michigan Universities sent the right message to lawmakers when they unanimously passed a bill that opposes a draft, or selective service act, for students. Although the bill does not have the power to stop a new draft from being passed, it serves as a statement of how students across the state of Michigan feel.

If reinstated, a vast majority of students on any campus across the United States would be affected by a military draft, drawing able-bodied men - and possibly women - into service in Iraq, Afghanistan or wherever else American troops become deployed next.

Having sat untouched by both Democrats and Republicans in Congress since 2003, the bills that would bring the draft back have been a subject of debate across the nation. Students, veterans and politicians have weighed in on how they feel the country would be impacted by such a drastic measure.

The media and the country have speculated about the future of the draft, but they forget one thing: Bringing it back would be political suicide for any party or president who tries and succeeds in implementing it.

The last time a military draft was used in our country was for the Vietnam War, the first war fought on television that gave us vivid imagery of the unwilling being killed and wounded in action.

In 1971, John Kerry asked the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" A military draft would again ask that question, and again leave the answer conspicuously absent.

Those currently serving America at war, both at home and overseas, are making themselves the front lines of defense because it's what they believe in. For that, they have our unwavering support and respect, regardless of a draft. But students don't want a draft, and the bill passed by the AMU proves just that. We may be able-bodied, but we're not able-minded to fight an unjust war.