Talk about dumbing down our military, this plan surely would accomplish that. But then again, that could be Kerry's plan.
It makes for a lot of cannon fodder.
Alot of kids would go to a private school that final year and get a "certificate" of some type...to avoid this whole joke. Lets face facts...less than 60 percent of the kids in America are in decent enough shape at 18 to go through the military. You have so many obese kids...along with kids who simply can't read or comprehend enough to be in the miltary. And the "special" kids...the ones who are extreme left-wing and question all authority...how would any military unit establish control over these kids? I'd have 10 NCOs trying to handle 20 anti-authority kids...total waste of manpower. I've seen this problem before...and today's military doesn't waste time...you act anti-authority...you get the ticket home. You never serve out the four years.
Kerry will find this plan to be hard to pass though congress...which I think is the reason they keep hinting at it...if congress doesn't buy off...then it can't happen.