Posted on Jan 13, 2014
Should military service be a requirement of citizenship?
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I know Israel has some sort of requirement. I was wondering we in the military thought. It is my opinion, that a two year requirement would be beneficial on many fronts. I think the average citizen would pay more attention to the politics of our nation, and therefore be more educated on who they vote for. What are your thoughts?
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No, but there should be term limits for congress, like the president and 1 house rep for every 30,000 citizens, ummm, the way the constitution states.
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We have the most educated and homogeneous society now than we have ever had before. We have near universal literacy with English spoken by more of the population than has historically been the case. Even 70 years ago, you would have been more likely to have heard Dutch spoken in Pella, Iowa, German in Bismarck, ND, Italian, Slovak, Polish, and Yiddish in New York, NY than English. Mass media has allowed Americanism to spread within our own country like it never has before.
Why would we require this now when we are more united as Americans (with a common language, culture, customs, etc) than we ever have been in history?
On top of that, I just think it's bad juju.
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I agree with your second paragraph to a point. It is too late to implement a service such as this. The amount of people who are born with the entitlement to have a say in politics is far too great to just take their "god-given rights" away. I do, however, stand strong on the fact that our
country would be better off with political leadership that has a firm
understanding of discipline and commitment to duty. If someone is willing to
sacrifice for the sake of the country there should be an added benefit over
civilians.
country would be better off with political leadership that has a firm
understanding of discipline and commitment to duty. If someone is willing to
sacrifice for the sake of the country there should be an added benefit over
civilians.
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While I agree that military service tends to produce "better" citizens, I've got a giant NEGATIVE on making it some sort of required condition for citizenship. My main reason is that requirement is nowhere in the Constitution (and I cannot imagine the Founding Fathers being on board with that sort of requirement). But, to look at it another way, think about all of the problems (attitude, motivation, suitability, etc.) we currently have in a VOLUNTEER military and then try to figure how much worse things could get with folks who don't want to be there. No thanks...
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No, takes away citizenship rights from those physically/medically/spiritually incompatible with military service.
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Absolutely not, we volunteer for service and understand what we are getting into. We are a small elite professional military and we excel at what we do. If it is made mandatory then we would have to lower acceptance standards and would be overwhelmed by the cost of bringing conscripts up to speed that do not want to be involved to begin with.
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The countries that do have citizens who love their country and pay close attention to politics and it works well for them. That being said I believe it's to late for anything like that here!
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No. Not a good idea the mandate governmental service in the land of the 'free'. Also, being politically aware and military service are not mutually exclusive.
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No. However I do believe we should be funding a six month military-style "bootcamp" to all teens after highschool to at least provide the tools they'll need to be more productive members of society. Forcing them to serve would only make them resentful if they don't want to be there.
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