Further, I suggest your sentiments should -- must -- be engrained in the Constitution. When the founding fathers framed the constitution, one of the greatest of their concerns was how to prevent the power to wage war from being invoked for self-serving purposes by a power-hungry monarch. They themselves had lived a life of sacrifice and blood for the cause they fought for. Perhaps they would have appreciated then that the amendment I propose here creates the real test for government when war is contemplated.
Proposed amendment to the US Constitution: On the executive and legislative agreeing to go to war, automatic military conscription will be in effect for the age-eligible children and grandchildren of all congressmen and senators, the Pres, VP, cabinet, and all appointed heads of agencies, etc. For all time, American wars shall therefore not be entered into without the heads of the government demonstrating their full commitment to the sacrifice the war entails. |