Military Service Reform

The military, while necessary for the survival of any country, must be used carefully and responsibly. Because past US presidents have shown clearly their inability to do this, it would be my duty as President to create new standards for the use and treatment of the military services and the men and women who serve.

My Military Services Reform initiative would ideally do the following:

1. Require the children or spouses of all elected officials and media personalities who support any military action to serve as front line infantry in whatever action is undertaken. If a war is noble enough for those in power to declare it, it is noble enough for their loved ones to die in.

2. Criminalize the practice of “overextending” troops beyond their scheduled tours of duty during wartime.

3. Enable any member of the service to refuse orders which they believe violate any international or domestic laws.

4. Criminalize the contracting out to private interests of any services whatsoever. A military that cannot provide food and services for its own troops in wartime is a weak military indeed.

5. Criminalize the sending of troops into war zones without being properly equipped to do so. A military that cannot provide proper wartime equipment to its troops shouldn’t be going into battle in the first place.

6. Criminalize “schoolyard recruiting” tactics and misleading statements by recruiters and marketing campaigns. A good military recruits honestly and keeps its troops from feeling misled.

7. Prohibit proselytizing by anyone in a position of authority of any religion within the armed services. There is ample opportunity both before and after military service for people to hear about other beliefs or preach their own. Religion and guns, however, clearly do not mix well, and when they do, historically it is to the great detriment of whatever country in which this mix occurs. Under this prohibition, only non-denominational clergy would be allowed to serve.

Is there anything I should add or change? Comment and let me know!