At Uncle Sam's Service

National service is often associated with patriotism,
but the degree to which it becomes compulsory
is the same degree to which it becomes involuntary servitude.

http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/election/709

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To accomplish his military ambitions in Afghanistan, Sudan, and elsewhere,
Barack Obama may need to include military duty (a draft)
as a national-service requirement for many.

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Compulsory national service, whether in the form of military conscription or make-work programs like AmeriCorps, still sells on Capitol Hill. Conscription is wrongly associated with patriotism, when really it represents collectivism and involuntary servitude.