Tonight I will speak to the nation about the proposal to draft young men and women 18 years old and older into the military. As it stands, I reject the proposal.
18 is too precious of an age to be sent to war. Women shouldn’t complain about the barbarism of men, then seek to be part of the barabarism.
It is unfortunate that middle age men prey upon young mens’ desire to be passionate, physical and of service to others by sending the young men to war. An 18 year old is too young to understand that he is being used. He is too proud to refuse to serve because he thinks everything will turn out well.
A proper minimum age for the draft is 25. At 25 a man knows when he is being used. He is able to judge if the war he is told to serve in is a legitimate war, or something undertaken to benefit rich people and distract Americans from issues such as poor wages and a lack of health insurance.
At 25 soldiers might rise up against an order for an unnecessary war. That kind of threat to politicians, business owners, investors and the military is necessary to keep our leaders honest, to save taxpayers money and to prevent unnecessary grief for the many so a few can have unnecessary wealth.
Raising the age at which people can be eligible for the draft helps to do something that parents can’t seem to do or will not do. It keeps the youngest men out of war.
Parents rightfully want to be proud of their sons. Parents understandably do not want to encourage their sons to break the law. But parents should, and don’t, criticize war enough or risk the ire of their neighbors, employers or the government enough.
I am acting as a parent when I make this proposal. I am acting in the common interest of the country by saying the youngest men must be spared from military service so they can properly develop their hearts and minds through love relationships and education.
War must not be considered a good thing. It must be considered the worst way to serve your country and to prove your manhood.
By imposing this age restriction on the draft, boys out of high school can spend the next seven years proving things to themselves in ways that do no injury to others and do not entail mutilating themselves or giving themselves psychological damage.
There is much work to be done. America’s forests need to have the debris from logging removed. Trees need to be planted in the nation’s cities. Jobs should be established and reserved for this age group to use their bodies doing demanding tasks.
Young men can be encouraged to babysit, teach and coach four year olds, eight year olds, fifteen year olds, rather than go to another country to destroy children’s fathers and neighborhoods.
It amazes me that we are outraged at the violence of our young men at home, but have no problem sending them to kill people who are no threat to us. It amazes me that women fear to be on the street because of men, but demand the right to join the service and instill fear in foreign women.
Women cannot have it both ways. You cannot complain about rape and violence against women, then seek to wage war because you want equality with men. The logical things to do would be to stop complaining about violence if you want to be in the military, or refuse to join the military because of what war does to women and children, and to men too.
There is a double standard in this country. Men are discouraged from working with children because female policy makers say men cannot be trusted. Yet these policy makers have no qualms about women serving in the military and being indoctrinated to live in fear and to be violent.
One reason men commit violence against women is because men retaliate against being defined as criminals by nature. Another reason is men no longer see women as having a different and complementing role to men. Violence against women will not ebb as long as women adopt the worst characteristics of the male and men fear being accused of a sex crime when they exemplify the male’s best attributes.
What I am proposing to Congress is to set the minimum age of military service to 25, and to prevent women from being active in combat.
I am willing to have a draft because I think a draft keeps presidents and generals and politicians in check. As part of my draft bill, any time war is declared two members of the family of each senator and representative who voted for the war must serve as a combatant in the war. The same thing applies if the president supports the war.
To accompany this bill is a college funding proposal. Every young person in the country will have the opportunity to attend four years of college or career training at the expense of the federal government. An educated and prosperous work force will be more difficult to persuade that war is necessary than an uneducated poor work force.
Though war is something we must be willing to fight if necessary, we do not want America to be a war machine any longer. I highly encourage ministers, parents and teachers to tell their ministry, children and students that rich people benefit from war, not those who fight in it or have a war fought in their city.
I ask the nation to support me in this. When America gets back on track we will be able to breathe deeply, for more money will be going where it should have always gone, toward creating confident and principled young people.
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