Hmmmm. I'll have to think on that one for awhile.

On the one hand, there's a lot of teenagers who would benefit from such a proposal. On the other hand, like Midchuck said, that could mean involuntary servitude, and that's against the Constitution.

And on the third hand...... I thought one of the neat things about our armed forces was that nobody HAS to join up. You're free to choose. ('course, once you get in, that's a whole different ballgame, but you know that from the start)

Doesn't EVERY boy at 18 have to sign up for the draft, regardless? I went to high school with a blind boy and on his 18th birthday, someone took him to sign up. But Victor's blind, I said. Right, my teacher said, but he still has to sign up. He wouldn't get drafted - but the law says he has to sign up anyway.

And of course I am not at all for forcing people into service where it is forbidden by their chosen religion.

The implications are staggering.