Dear Lord, where to begin...
"Not necessarily. The military could maintain it's high standards of recruits, while the other service area's could take in the "less desirables."
Boy that policy will sure raise morale and the work ethic for whichever branch of service is "lucky" enough to obtain your indentured servants! (rolls eyes) Have you ever served in the military? You do realize that for our armed forces to operate effectively, effeciently and safely they need to have motivated, well trained and dedicated men and women to handle all sorts of jobs, most of which require a serious amount of skill and experience. Throw in a bunch of pissed off "I don't wanna be here" folks and people are going to get killed. But hey, they're "building character" so its cool.
"As far as thinking that such a plan could be implimented now in our society, I realize that we are too weak to attempt that now. Heck, G.W. didn't even impliment the draft after we were attacked on 9-11."
No it is not the case that we were "too weak" politically to enact a draft. Bush did not instigate one because HIS MILITARY LEADERS DID NOT THEN AND DO NOT NOW WANT A DRAFT. Rumsfeld, Pace and others have made it quite clear they are opposed to draftees, they are happy with how the volunteer force is doing and do not wish for a change. The only people who think differently are you and Charlie Rangel.
"By the way, Switzerland and Canada, had similar "totalitarian" type programs."
Canada also has mandated government controlled health care. Should we emulate them in that aspect as well? Our Constitution and Bill of Rights gurantees us citizens natural rights which cannot be taken away. Other countries could care less about such "antiquated" nonsense and thus have no compulsions about pointing a gun at their people and ordering them into ranks.