So we'd have nearly 300 million people serving in the military? Who would be working, earning a living while all of this is happening in order to pay for it to happen? I love the military we have but that's because the people there are devoted and WANT to be there. That's why we have such a professional armed forces. Would you really want people who joined just to get full rights of citizenshiip serving during a war? They'd surrender or flee in droves.

Besides, you'd have some SERIOUS rewriting of the Constitution to make it happen. Err... I take that back, I'm sure some Supreme Court could find some text in there that you need the special Supreme Court Decoder Ring to find.

Maybe a better idea would be to require so many hours of community service that could be fullfilled by military service if the person so desired. So the "doves" or people that can't commit to military service could work building homes for the poor or teaching kids to read or something.

Actually, I take that back. That'd still be putting an asterisk next to the right to vote which I can't support. I know some high schools require x number hours of community service to graduate. That sounds about right.

I shouldn't "think out loud" while typing so much...