Quote Originally Posted by Hulud
thats my whole point, not to neccesarily lower it but make it the same as the draft.

i mean if you can be forced to die for your country why cant you even have a beer?

I do see your point, but in the Armed Forces you always have someone higher up in the chain of command overseeing you too. You don't just go rouge and Rambo and start shooting just for kicks.

If you turn all the 18 yr olds loose, who is going to be overseeing them? The Armed Forces serve as defacto parent to their soldiers and set rules for them and oversee them. There is no such thing in the general public, especially if the law backs them up.

I do see what you're saying though.