“Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for you country.” JFK
Kick! Bill #001 – All Americans upon their 18th birthday will begin an 18 month commitment to federal service in the military or a work project paid at the average yearly individual income. There will be six months of training and one year of appointment. No person under 30 shall be put in combat.
Our kids need a kick in the pants regarding service to others. Many nations have such requirements to gain educational and employment benefits after completion. In fact about the only good thing about the Mormon religion is the two year commitment each member must serve in a foreign territory when they turn eighteen. We need a viable option for our children other than the streets or the frontline of some damn war some damn nitwit got us into.
Sending kids into combat to die who haven’t had a taste of life – especially for political reasons like Vietnam and Iraq – is about as wrong as it gets. Though the reasoning is obvious, kids don’t know any better. It would be nice to limit combat duty to only those over 50, but that would cause our military to have to schedule far too many naps and troops unable to carry anything heavier than a briefcase. At least the thirty-somethings have enough life experience to decide whether some far off war is worth chancing their life for. Not to worry about filling the ranks! The barbaric nature of this country will supply enough cannon fodder with those who so enjoy the smell of blood.