Doesn't it make since to have a draft of us old(er) people for Military service?

C'mon man....from one old fart to another...you were doing real well brightening my day until that last sentence.

How could you be this old and still susceptible to Bush derangement syndrome?

You forgot a few things...these days the military uses computers to fight...I was an FO, among other things, and could fill a gnat's butt with a 4.2 mortar round 4 clicks out with just a pair of binoculars and a sharp pencil.

With geezers in the field they could cut the budget too. No need to buy computers, because we don't know what the hell to do with them anyway.

Interesting read,,,, as an older vet myself, and finding myself unemployed I'ld love to be able to serve again. But my skills, fixing MRI and CT scanners wouldn't be valuable in the military. I did get an offer a few years back to,,,,,,,don't want to put anybody in jeopardy,,,,,, but I turned it down at the time.

The military don't want us though, and neither does the private work force. At fifty I'm told its the new 40, I have 20 years until I can draw my Social Security,,,, it just does make much sense.

Thank God for old ladies though. No more of that head game stuff the younger folk go thru, you know the ones who still don't understand gravity, and that everyman needs a shed to protect his tools.

On the serious side those, my income in the private sector is worth 100,000 to 150,000 a year, but I'ld gladly do if as a member of the armed services, but reality, I'ld have to leave any actual combat to the younger folk, I may get up at 5 but I usually go to bed by 10, and I still think about sex every 10 seconds, and I do need 4-6 hours off at a time everynow and then,,, did I say thank God for old ladies.

Im already in the service...but if i were not my answers would be: 1. NO 2. NO 3. I would only oppose it if the children of the mega-rich (politicians-actors) were given a "easy way out" and didnt have to serve as they were in Vietnam and Korea. If a draft is ever started EVERYONE should be subject to it. Everyone from the Presidents kids all the way down to some janitors kids. whats fair is fair. This is where Rangal is coming from-and i somewhat agree with him. If the president or members of congress knew their kids would be drafted and sent to fight the war, they might not be as eager to start a war. Its not gonna happen anyways so dont worry. Unless something major happens such as war with North Korea or Iran, i really dont think its gonna happen.

I do definitely agree with your opinion. I've noticed over a while now that there are too many young guys that turn 18 and are jumping at the chance to go fight, but for all the wrong reasons. I think older men would be able to focus more plus have all the experience from their lives to contribute to the cause. Many 18-year-olds just don't understand what they're doing yet, and most of the time those are the ones that are going off and killing themselves.

no my husband is 40 soon to be 41 and is active duty at this moment in afghanistan, he has done his 20 trying to stay active as long as he can, but lets face it as you get older your body starts to feel it, sleeping on a cot for six months or two years isnt easy on the bones, all the dust and everything else you inhale isnt good on the lungs either, so no i dont think gramps should be active duty...not to mention all the bags of equipment sucking the rubber mask and all those shots needed ...meds that you have to take daily would probably interfer with some other med you are already taking, let the young do it...and women over 50..lol unless they have been military at some point in their life most women ..not all wouldnt know how to load a gun...get real

Well, as much as you idea has comic appeal the military holds zero appeal to me now. The military got ONE chance to turn me into a killer and failed miserably at it so they don't get another.

At the rate I move now the "enemy" would have to come to my house because I'm damned sure NOT getting on any airplanes to go there nor nor ever again. Instead of shooting a gun at them I would be sicking my dog on them then going back to bed and my wife is 1000 miles away, but they can have my schizophrenic step daughter because I'm sure she could confuse any enemy just by standing in 100 + degree weather in her winter coat talking to absolutely nobody.

Heeeeeelllll yes!

The 60 + crowd is half dead and their 401k's are 101k's anyway.

Plus, I love to see:

-Mitt Romney and his five sons

-Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay

-VP Cheney - who "had other priorities than military service"

-Jeb Bush

-Karl Rove

-Former Speaker Newt Gingrich

-Phil Gramm

-Antonin Scalia; Associate Supreme Court Justice

-Sean Hannity

-Bill O'Reilly

-Brit Hume

-Rush Limbaugh

-and the Special Forces of the Redneck Rivera, former President George W Bush, who spent Vietnam guarding the bars

make excuses this time, after sending our best and bravest into harm's way in an unnecessary war.

Brilliant. I like it. And lets do away with the medical restrictions. You're going to be hard pressed to find a guy over 40 who doesn't have at least one or two 'issues'.

RIGHT ON, MY BROTHER! But whay draft us? We'd volunteer to servw again if they'd let us. I'm laid off from my job of 11 years, and working part-time wearing a nametag where my "manager" is a twitchy, runt, mulatto closet case.

Well that would mean: Those who die in war could include those who already lived their lives........as opposed to those with a full life potentially ahead of them.

but on the down side: Older folks aren't as physically fit as young folks. Could that affect their performance in the military? perhaps.