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I read something that Obama wants to start a Mandatory Military Service. Other countries have this and I was wondering ..
1. What benefits do the young people receive in the places where it is mandatory,
2. What's it like for them do they get to go to school, is it a full-time thing or like the reserves, etc.
3. And how is mandatory service perceived in those places? Do the citizens think it is a bad or good thing?
4. Also what do you guys think about it's implementation here?
If one of the benefits was student loan forgiveness sign me up!
France and Greece have this. Britain too I think. I don't believe they have anything comparable to our GI Bill. I was a conscript during the Viet Nam war. Asd far as they were able to tell there wasn't a difference in performance between "RA" and "US". Enlisted is not the same as career, keep in mind. Forgiving student loans would be a lot bigger budget bite than the month-to-month GI Bill payments I got.
John Kennedy was right: A nation is defined not by what it does for its citizens but by what it asks of them. If your leaders aren't challenging you to do your part, they aren't doing theirs. We need a real Patriot Act that brings out the patriot in all of us by establishing for the first time an ethic of universal citizen service. All Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 should be asked to serve their country by going through three months of basic civil defense training and community service. This is not a draft, nor is it military. Young people will be trained not as soldiers, but simply as citizens who understand their responsibilities in the event of a natural disaster, an epidemic or a terrorist attack. Universal citizen service will bring Americans of every background together to make America safer and more united in common purpose.
John Kennedy was right: A nation is defined not by what it does for its citizens but by what it asks of them. If your leaders aren't challenging you to do your part, they aren't doing theirs. We need a real Patriot Act that brings out the patriot in all of us by establishing for the first time an ethic of universal citizen service. All Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 should be asked to serve their country by going through three months of basic civil defense training and community service. This is not a draft, nor is it military. Young people will be trained not as soldiers, but simply as citizens who understand their responsibilities in the event of a natural disaster, an epidemic or a terrorist attack. Universal citizen service will bring Americans of every background together to make America safer and more united in common purpose.
Actaully the idea of reinstating the draft is a liberal democratic one as so often pushed by Charlie Rangel. A civilian defense force actually sounds scary to me.Sounds like some qausi milatry force that operates within this country as the military can not now do.I don't see anyone that has the leadership abilty that the military has created over the years.
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