when I was young and foolish

When I was young and foolish, as opposed to being old and foolish, I believed that if we allowed women in the military we would soon see an end to such aggressive behavior. 

Now, this was odd thinking from a lad whose mother slammed him across the room for the slightest excuse.  A woman who could be whistling a gentle love song one minute and screaming like a Banshee the next.  But nonetheless this was what I believed.  Mothers and Fathers would not want their little girls in harm's way. 

So you see how that turned out. 

I am totally opposed to a draft.  Not just because the Ruling Class will never allow their little darlings to go marching off, but because it is wrong. 

If we want our American youth to serve their country, why not establish a program where all youth put in a couple of years doing community service.  They could help clean up yards, parks and roadsides of trash.  They could do repairs on homes of the poor and elderly.  They could patrol streets at night to prevent much of the violence that happens.  They could walk little school children home safely from school.  They could wander about the shopping malls ensuring folks safe passage to and from their vehicles.  There are so many helpful ways our youth could serve our nation, why push war, killing and violence as our number one priority? 

Let's present congress with a bill that requires any corporation with holdings beyond our national borders, or with a desire to grab something in another country, that they will not be allowed to use our youth to do their dirty work.  They will need to hire their own army from places like India and China.  You know, the places that are now making stuff that used to be made in the USA. 

 

Curious Carl