The Militia Act of 1792

[OL FU]

That every man must have a weapon?

I'm pretty sure dback is taking it in the direction that Congress has made laws requiring citizens to buy products in the past. Could be wrong but I don't see him not using this as a tool for comparison with the current health care situation. It was inferred a week or so ago.

Interesting point. I wonder if the law was challenged (or actually passed prior to the Supreme Court becoming the arbitor of the constitution and I wonder if and how they enforced it?

After all, the fact that congress passes a law does not mean that it has not overstepped its constitutional authority

[houndawg]

I see, either way I'm all for mandatory military service as written above. Then maybe this country wouldn't have so many chicken hawks pounding their fist demanding that we go war for any reason. Yet deter their children from joining up and send them off to college while some middle class or lower middle class kids has to go to war to get his college money. I'm willing to bet Sean Hannity's kids never go into the military.

Agreed - especially for 18 year old men. Most of them aren't ready for college anyway, and the discipline and service would do them right.

Every young person should serve their country in some capacity for a couple of years. When the country is at war, military service should be compulsory for every member of a congressperson's family who is of age.

[Savage Paw]

Agreed - especially for 18 year old men. Most of them aren't ready for college anyway, and the discipline and service would do them right.

Every young person should serve their country in some capacity for a couple of years. When the country is at war, military service should be compulsory for every member of a congressperson's family who is of age.

F*uck that some capacity shit, in a military capacity. If you say some capacity then there will have special set asides. Middle class kid gets the infantry in Iraq while some friend of a Senator works in a soup kitchen for the homeless?

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[kalm]

Every young person should serve their country in some capacity for a couple of years. When the country is at war, military service should be compulsory for every member of a congressperson's family who is of age.

F*uck that some capacity ****, in a military capacity. If you say some capacity then there will have special set asides. Middle class kid gets the infantry in Iraq while some friend of a Senator works in a soup kitchen for the homeless?

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Under that concept proposal we may never have invaded Iraq - which is probably what you're getting at.

[AZGrizFan]

F*uck that some capacity ****, in a military capacity. If you say some capacity then there will have special set asides. Middle class kid gets the infantry in Iraq while some friend of a Senator works in a soup kitchen for the homeless?

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Under that concept proposal we may never have invaded Iraq - which is probably what you're getting at.

Nor Midway, Guadalcanal, or France.

[Savage Paw]

F*uck that some capacity ****, in a military capacity. If you say some capacity then there will have special set asides. Middle class kid gets the infantry in Iraq while some friend of a Senator works in a soup kitchen for the homeless?

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Under that concept proposal we may never have invaded Iraq - which is probably what you're getting at.

Nope thats not what I was after at all Kalm. I was then and I'm still now happy we removed Saddam from power if for nothing else than to enforce the treaty we signed after the first Gulf War which Clinton should have taken care of after years of violations. What good is a treatty if we go on letting him violate it year after year?

[kalm]

Under that concept proposal we may never have invaded Iraq - which is probably what you're getting at.

Nope thats not what I was after at all Kalm. I was then and I'm still now happy we removed Saddam from power if for nothing else than to enforce the treaty we signed after the first Gulf War which Clinton should have taken care of after years of violations. What good is a treatty if we go on letting him violate it year after year?

Don't disagree, but it should've been the entire UN sending the troops and funding it. And with everyone's kids at stake we still would have been less reluctant to invade.