I completly disagree. At 18 I was still in high school trying to find out what I wanted to be. I was worried about graduating and going to college. I can assure you I didn't want to be worrying aobut if in 6 months I would be running around some foreign country fighting people.
I think that the reinstatement of the draft is a good idea. That is for a number of reasons. #1. A volunteer army is more likely to turn on its own people. They are more likely to be able to shoot one of their people on their own soil. #2. The innability of all the armed forces to fill their ranks. People just don't want to work at a less than minimum wage job and get shot at doing so. (The only exception to this rule is the Marine Corps who have to turn away qualified recruits) #3. Unemployment. It would cut down on the number of recent high school graduates who do nothing but work minimum wage, and cause trouble. The idea of mandatory service is unneeded. For a number of reasons #1. Overpopulation of the armed forces. We have a large population, with no real enemies. A large manpower army would be unneccesary to fight any real battles. A nation like Israel, who is surrounded by enemies, or a small population nation, needs a mandatory armed forces. The United States in comparison does need such a force due to its size, and relative security. #2. Enemies (Real and Imagined). Our enemies are not the traditional enemies of the flat battle field. Our enemies are undefined stateless groups that hide in the masses, and attack without warning. Prior to the Revolutionary War, major battles were scripted, and very little was needed to be known of the opposing tactics, since they were all the same. One group would face the other, and they would shoot out till one group retreated. The American Revolutionaries changed that, minutemen trained to fight enemies that came from the woods. They hid behind walls, buildings, trees, whatever. They changed the way of war. The wars that US are fighting are information, terrorism and drugs. A conventionaly trained group of fighters will not be able to fight any of them. You can't fight ideas and shadows with bullets. #3. Education. The US economy relies on college education. There are many jobs to get with a high-school education or lower. Most of these are low paying with little or no chance of forward movement. They also leave no certainties for the future. An associates will not get you a job any longer in most fields. A bachelors will get you where an associates would land you 10 years ago. In an increasing number of fields a Masters is needed to get into position. The armed forces often leaves its members undertrained in anything other then warfare. Artillery members are often left with little more training then how to shoot a cannon deep into enemy territory. They are not taught the reason why the equipment works the way it does, only that it does. So after adding on three years of compulsive service, the individuals still need to spend another four years minimum. That is seven years minimum before entrance into the job force. XkeithX ��(����2��(�Waj���面�2������.+-��-��i�����^��?���.+-�w��i��Z��5�h��j�m�:.�˛���m� �ۧ���r��z�����z�h����&������z�+���ȭ��i��ڞ���h�칻 �&ކ�
