Between the backdoor draft and bribes, they might be able to keep some people in, but it's getting harder to sign up fresh cannon fodder; missed their goal by 27%.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/03/23/national/w111557S06.DTL
BTW, did you know that one of the provisions of GWB's "no child left behind' act was a stipulation that high schools must turn over kid's contact information to military recruiters?
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg112.html
SEC. 9528. ARMED FORCES RECRUITER ACCESS TO STUDENTS AND STUDENT RECRUITING INFORMATION.
(a) POLICY-
(1) ACCESS TO STUDENT RECRUITING INFORMATION- Notwithstanding section 444(a)(5)(B) of the General Education Provisions Act and except as provided in paragraph (2), each local educational agency receiving assistance under this Act shall provide, on a request made by military recruiters or an institution of higher education, access to secondary school students names, addresses, and telephone listings.
Resistance is futile... Prepare to be assimilated... Freedom is on the march...