There is a bill in Congress which would require all young men to serve the military. Of course, if you have a problem murdering people you can become a conscientious objector and serve the state for a year doing something else. This is just sick. I think Congress, the President, and anyone who supports war should be on the front lines of any future conflict. That way instead of some regular joe getting his ass shot off it will be someone we won’t miss. War is a situation where old farts get to send off young men to die. I think if you’re for war you should be there at risk. Conscription is the ultimate abrogation of liberty.
Legislation would require military training of all young men:
A bill before the House Armed Services Committee would require the induction of young men into the military “to receive basic military training and education for a period of up to one year,” according to a summary of the measure.
The bill, called the “Universal Military Training and Service Act,” introduced last fall, was sponsored by Reps. Nick Smith, R-Mich., and Curt Weldon, R-Pa. If passed, it would require all males 18-22 to “receive basic military training and education as a member of the armed forces,” unless otherwise exempted under provisions of the measure.
“Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person inducted as a conscript or accepted as a volunteer pursuant to this Act shall receive basic military training and education as a member of one of the armed forces for a period of not less than six months, but not more than one year,” the bill says. …
Subject to the needs of the military, the bill also allows draftees to choose which branch of service they’d like to serve. Those opposed to serving in the armed forces or bearing arms on the grounds of moral or religious principles would be granted “conscientious objector” status, but they would be required to participate in “a national service program.”
If we did have a draft silverspoons like Bush would continue to evade it by taking advantage of their privileges as elites.