Seeing as you're still wavering on the issue -- let me ask you this -- what if national service provided the promise of a better life for your daughters/sons via educational opportunities?
Voluntaqry national service currently provides educational opportunities for people who choose to serve.
This idea would cost a fortune and be a waste of time for people who know what they want to do with their lives.
The end does not justify the means.
National service when not for legitimate national defense violates our unalienable rights and the Constitution, but to require men to be drafted for necessary emergent national defense is reasonable.
So as to your question, "what if national service provided the promise of a better life for your daughters/sons via educational opportunities?" Obviously I think it is illegal and wrong. And my reason for making the statement early in this thread is that I think there is going to be a movement claiming baloney exactly like you mention; and I think that the powers that be will attempt to soften up public opinion for their view even by contaminating threads like this; and I want it on record early on that the draft of women (for example) is something that I and many like me will never permit.
Tell us what YOU think, do you think it is right for the government to force women into service?