I think it's time they brought back conscription in the interest of world peace. I know you're thinking it's never brought peace in the past do why would it now? That's because out wasn't done right. Instead of conscription just for working class kids I'd extend out to all kids without opt outs and that would include the children of politicians. It's always been too easy for politicians to send other peoples kids off to die while keeping theirs safe at home, like George Bush senior putting Dubya into the National Guard rather than risk him in Vietnam. Tony Blair was happy to send kids to die in Afghanistan while sending Leo to college; if there had been any chance of Leo going to war does anyone think Cherie would have let Tony start one? I know there are exceptions, the Queen seems happy enough to send Prince Harry to war, there again if he were my son Off be tempted to send him to Afghanistan. The old guard of our political parties claim not enough women come forward as candidates, I think that might change if they thought their kids were likely to be cannon fodder.
Of course sending kids to war isn't our politicians' only double standard in the matter. How come if the Americans or British invade a country the people who try and defend their homes are terrorists, whereas the soldiers flying pilotless drones against women and children are heroes? Why do we call the French Resistance heroes and the Taliban terrorists? A final interesting thought on conscription, all the Native Americans who fought in the World Wars of the Twentieth Century could die for their country, but they could not be citizens.
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