couldn't a similar service be setup in a foreign country somewhere?
seems like a good opportunity to find out...
Yes but mericans still won't be able to use it without jumping through massive hoops. The U.S. govt controls its people with money. It's a much better and cheaper alternative than troops and troops are made up of citizens. A soldier is not likely to go to the house of an elderly couple and harass them so they get a letter from the IRS instead and commit suicide. It's much more efficient.