Gee, perhaps if military recruiters were not so disdained on collage campuses this grand sceme of military(like) training would be accepted. I remember my dad who went to Colorado A&M (before it became Colorado State) had to be in the ROTC becuase it was a state school. He also had to perform forest fire duty becuase of his degree commitments to that school. In short, rather that forcing broad based conscription, the incentive was affordable tuition.
Like any other solution having its roots in requiring others to do something that would make us feel safer, (Nanny State?) this (forced conscription)ignores the objections of others. The incentive should usually be borne from the hearts of men (and women). Please let's not forget that the whole problem was the primary choice of the nasty killer, who, for lack of caring of his reasons, I blame entirely. Any reactive measures that seek prevent such rampages from occuring in the future cannot ignore the persistance of his kind of evil. I, for one, do not want my liberties or the liberties defined by his actions. Military service is a good thing, but especially when from the conviction one's own concience.
As for some remark two pages back that says that the Japaneese would have made it to the Missippi, and that the present military is akin to the one prior to WWII; IMO, the Japaneese would have never made it past Los Angeles county, and today's military is vastly more powerful, smarter, better equiped, and better trained, and more motivated than any military prior WWII. The lack of resolve at the highest levels is the limiting factor.
Like any other solution having its roots in requiring others to do something that would make us feel safer, (Nanny State?) this (forced conscription)ignores the objections of others. The incentive should usually be borne from the hearts of men (and women). Please let's not forget that the whole problem was the primary choice of the nasty killer, who, for lack of caring of his reasons, I blame entirely. Any reactive measures that seek prevent such rampages from occuring in the future cannot ignore the persistance of his kind of evil. I, for one, do not want my liberties or the liberties defined by his actions. Military service is a good thing, but especially when from the conviction one's own concience.
As for some remark two pages back that says that the Japaneese would have made it to the Missippi, and that the present military is akin to the one prior to WWII; IMO, the Japaneese would have never made it past Los Angeles county, and today's military is vastly more powerful, smarter, better equiped, and better trained, and more motivated than any military prior WWII. The lack of resolve at the highest levels is the limiting factor.
