Keeping it voluntary should be the least of the concerns regarding this bill. Have you read some of the whacked out executive orders the Pres has been enacting? Along with the Patriot Act? Godfather is right.
It is a way to immediately summon up a massive military force to achieve the goals of elitist scum.
Service is optional, for those that think there is something worth defending and feel strongly enough to do so. Otherwise it becomes a dictatorship.
What we should do is after Congress decides to go to war is
let the military make an independent vote on whether or not they think it is a worthy battle that they'd be honored to fight in. Mind you we can't have them refuse deployment, but I think if the troops were polled it would sway public opinion when they see the numbers way low. Those are our brothers, sons, sisters and daughters over there. Watch this soldiers opinion of the war
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti4nag21_Cc I praise this guy for speaking up!