> > On a side note, I'd be really curious to see how your opinions change in, say, 10 years or so. You should print out this entire thread and save it somewhere. Come back to it in about 10 or fifteen years and see how you feel. I guarantee you'll have a different opinion on government mandated military service then.
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> At the risk of sounding like I'm defending this guy, I'm pretty sure he's only arguing that every able-bodied man yadda yadda should join the Armed Forces for a while, not that the government should make it happen.
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> > Kel"older, yes; wiser,not sure"ly
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> Nyperold


Something like that. I still hold my views that every able bodied American man should serve in the military.