I agree with the idea of compulsory national service.
They could do all sorts of national work, not just shooting at targets.

it'ld help Aussie and Australians.

This is interesting. I've seen people suggest something similar for Australia.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/07/obamas_civilian_national_secur.html

Barack Obama's recent words to promote his image as Community Organizer in Chief were not about forming a paramilitary force of volunteer brown shirts. They were about turning America into one, giant, community organizer's sandbox at enormous cost to taxpayers.


Senator Obama was nearly 17 minutes into his July 2 speech (yet another one where naming Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was required) in Colorado Springs, Colorado when he deviated from his pre-released script and performed without the teleprompter net saying,


"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." (emphasis added)


The immediate context for that amazing statement was a preview of parts of his plan to vastly expand community service opportunities for Americans of nearly all ages. He said,


"People of all ages, stations, and skills will be asked to serve."


The range of his community service initiatives was outlined in an earlier American Thinker article. In his campaign document entitled "The Blueprint for Change: Barack Obama's Plan For America," Obama's "Service" section runs a close second to "Education" in complexity. But, with his Colorado Springs' statement, it grabbed first place in its projected costs to taxpayers. Obama did the cost projection himself.


He plans to double the Peace Corps' budget by 2011, and expand AmeriCorps, USA Freedom Corps, VISTA, YouthBuild Program, and the Senior Corps. Plus, he proposes to form a Classroom Corps, Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, Veterans Corps, Homeland Security Corps, Global Energy Corps, and a Green Jobs Corps. Here a corps - there a corps - everywhere a corps corps.


http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/04/barack_obama_the_community_org.html

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=69601

freediver wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2008 at 11:00am:



Agree. Compulsory NS is either huge drain on taxpayers money for little economical return or coercion into serfdom.
It doesn't promote discipline but increase sophistication of criminal gangs. Dictatorial governments like nazi or commies loved it but Australia isn't like that   ...... yet.

Howard?

Howard mantra?
You blaming howard again?
He increased spending on defence mantra.

Well no actually you mentioned Howard a few days back and chided me for chiding you.

At least you could admit you were wrong and apologise for blaming him for something else again.

yawn..

so how long do we have to wait till you admit you were wrong again this time?

Cant bring yourself to apologise and admit you were lying and wrong...

oh dear what is the world coming to?

mantra wrote on Nov 8^th, 2008 at 11:40am:


God you're a bore boofy," stop pickin on the rodent" as Mantra said if she blamed the rodent for somthing, he deserved it.
You can thank the little t urd for the economic crisis we're in, along with his bum chum george w.
As far as national service is concerned, I hate it, I dont see the point sending people off to train to be soldiers if they don't want to, I remember Vietnam, and it was ugly.