If national service was re introduced in the u.k what kind of message would it send out to the rest of the world,surely it would be seen as mobilising a greater army to be used in an attack...on who now North Korea ...Iran or some other country George Bush doesnt like.
Society globely has had problems with their youth population, national service didn't work in the past ,and won't today.
I think the only solution(and its a long term one) is education.