[GAsux]

As you can imagine, I certainly agree with your sentiments with regards to having a commander in chief who's gotten at least a remote taste of what war entails.

I think conscription works well in times of peace. There are certain aspects of such service that would probably do lots of young folks well.

I suppose the point I was getting at is that with a "draft", or forced service, you lose the ability to at least attempt to weed out people with certain negative qualities, and you also find yourself trying to compell folks to fight who may not necessarily have much motivation to do so.