Bring back the draft.
If a wars worth fighting, everyone should fight it.
If it isnt, everyone will oppose it as unjust.
Thats the way it should be in a democracy.
I agree, for those reasons and more. Many kids straight out of high school could use at minimum, two years to experience working and cooperating in a variety of conditions, not all of them preferred conditions. This would help many to develop better coping skills for temporary set backs or frustrations.
It would take a democrat president to do this unless we got into dire circumstances. I say democrat pres. because most republicans are over cautious about acting against what the polls say is popular. Obama couldn’t give a damn how we felt about some of his decisions, and most of the time, he still doesn’t.
Forget that. It is hard enough getting good quality candidates for volunteer slots. The last thing the military needs is a bunch of people that are forced to be there.
We are a Republic, not a Democracy. A just war will have plenty willing to VOLUNTARILY defend our safety and security. I volunteered. So can the next generation, if needed.
Like the babies who howled over Vietnam?
That was a war worth fighting.
Your theory won’t work.