Posted on Feb 3, 2016
Should women be eligible for the next military draft?
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We are either equal, or we are not. If one sex is required to register and another is not, that ain't equal.
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HELL YES! In fact, if Affirmative Action is still in place in the military, they should BE CALLED UP FIRST. Want to level a playing field...level that thing right....let them have the maximum opportunity to bleed on an equal footing. They have been asking for this for years...Sometimes the old saying Be Careful wat you wis for applies.
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You want the same rights as men, you get the same responsibilities. If it doesn't occur, then some man will have rights for a sexual discrimination lawsuit. Title IX is also getting contested for reverse sexual discrimination now...
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I'm fascinated by how many people think the answer is to make everyone register versus getting rid of it completely. There hasn't been a draft since 1973. I do not want to serve in a military where someone was drafted and the only reason they are there is because they were too poor to get out of it.
A lot of these responses are just disrespectful towards women who do choose to serve and will choose to serve. HELLO - women currently serve and are serving in greater numbers than they ever have. If the sh** hits the fan then guess what? Not only will there be men rushing to VOLUNTEER but there will also be women. So, stop acting like women don't serve or don't want to serve.
A lot of these responses are just disrespectful towards women who do choose to serve and will choose to serve. HELLO - women currently serve and are serving in greater numbers than they ever have. If the sh** hits the fan then guess what? Not only will there be men rushing to VOLUNTEER but there will also be women. So, stop acting like women don't serve or don't want to serve.
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LT (Join to see)
MCPO Roger Collins Fair point, Master Chief. But whatever the chosen path, the registration requirement should be equally applied to all.
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LTC Paul Labrador
MCPO Roger Collins - It doesn't take a "major conflict". One could argue that long term low to medium intensity conflicts can be just as bad. Imagine if Iraq and Afghanistan went on for another 10 years at the pace we were going in 2006.
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MCPO Roger Collins
LTC Paul Labrador - we have to agree to disagree on this one. The draft and including women will never be acceptable without a critical need for "Manpower" nessessitated by a major conflict endangering the Homeland. IMO
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PO2 Robert Cuminale
The draftees of WW2 seemed to risen to the challenge. The wimps who did nothing but complain in the late 1960s and early 1970s are a completely narcissistic bunch with a strong feeling of entitlement. The Navy and Air Force were loaded with these people who joined only to avoid service in the Army during the Viet Nam conflict. They had bad attitudes that I had never seen in conscripts before then. I had one Uncle who served in occupied Japan and enjoyed it because he would never have seen Japan any other way.
The draft also introduced cultures to each other. It was a more homogenized group that would never have lived among other groups otherwise.
The draft also introduced cultures to each other. It was a more homogenized group that would never have lived among other groups otherwise.
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We want equality among the ranks, in the world etc....some much more aggressively than others lol. But fact is fact, if the men have to register to the draft why not the women? I think its the next logical step. I am sure there will be protests of we shouldn't be forced to go to war as women etc. But we want equality, well then it should be equality across the board, not pick and choose what type of equality suits certain women....there's plenty of men who don't want to go to war either....THEY aren't given a choice!
Isn't going to happen really anyway, don't ever foresee the need for the draft again, so probably not even an arguable issue. But regardless, women pushed and have been given what they asked for, now get on the draft too, simple as that.
I am waiting for ONE person just ONE to say, you are speaking for all women as if you know! There are women who wont ever join the military let alone want to go to war. To them I say, 1. Bring yourself into this century. 2. There's plenty of men that don't want that either......3. mic drop
Isn't going to happen really anyway, don't ever foresee the need for the draft again, so probably not even an arguable issue. But regardless, women pushed and have been given what they asked for, now get on the draft too, simple as that.
I am waiting for ONE person just ONE to say, you are speaking for all women as if you know! There are women who wont ever join the military let alone want to go to war. To them I say, 1. Bring yourself into this century. 2. There's plenty of men that don't want that either......3. mic drop
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It's not a matter of service or if they are capable. It's a matter of forcing young women into harms way. those women that wish to server should and can if they meet the standards. But a draft is mint to place fighting forces on the battle field. I hope that as a nation we have not lost so much chivalry ,as to hide behind our young women in a conscript military
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SGT Stacy Moody
MSgt.....question......what about forcing our young men into harms way? Think about what you are saying, "The draft is a mint to place fighting forces on the battle field." So what about the men who don't want to go either? Just because they are men that means they will pass thru boot camp? That just because they are men that makes them "fighting forces?" You ARE aware women have been in combat for a VERY long time right??
Sometimes, we even have to calm down those "manly fighting forces" when they are our soldier, and they are scared and afraid....
Women have fought a very long time for equality, some WAY more than others. The simple point of this thing is women should not be able to pick and choose what kind of equality we get. The draft will probably never happen again anyway as we are entire volunteer force, and it would not be needed.
But should it ever happen again, us women should be just as accountable to our country as men are. My daddy may not want his daughter fighting in a dangerous war, (eye roll) but I guarantee my daddy don't want his son fighting in that same war either. But we still answer that call don't we? Male OR Female.....and to think I never took meeting notes or typed on a typewriter or EVEN got anyone coffee the whole time I fought! WOW!
Anyway, now its easy....problem solved, nobody has a choice, it is what it is....and its the way it should be.
Sometimes, we even have to calm down those "manly fighting forces" when they are our soldier, and they are scared and afraid....
Women have fought a very long time for equality, some WAY more than others. The simple point of this thing is women should not be able to pick and choose what kind of equality we get. The draft will probably never happen again anyway as we are entire volunteer force, and it would not be needed.
But should it ever happen again, us women should be just as accountable to our country as men are. My daddy may not want his daughter fighting in a dangerous war, (eye roll) but I guarantee my daddy don't want his son fighting in that same war either. But we still answer that call don't we? Male OR Female.....and to think I never took meeting notes or typed on a typewriter or EVEN got anyone coffee the whole time I fought! WOW!
Anyway, now its easy....problem solved, nobody has a choice, it is what it is....and its the way it should be.
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I don't personally believe in the draft. The draft does not provide the same outstanding level of professional military personnel we currently enjoy in the military. That being said, if the military insists on not recognizing that there are in fact anatomical and physiological differences between male and female and feels that opening all combat positions to women then it is disingenuous to not have women register for selective service, and have them enjoy the same legal stipulations such as non-availability of student loans or food stamp eligibility that men currently enjoy. I believe that anyone who can meet the SAME physical standards in the military should have the same options, but we all know that will never be.
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Hell NO! Nothing in the world would I allow my daughter to be drafted! Jail or death would be the only thing that would allow my daughter to be drafted! There are enough males. This PC crap needs to stop!
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SGT Stacy Moody
dislike P01....sorry just a dislike.
We should be JUST as accountable we are American Citizens too.
We should be JUST as accountable we are American Citizens too.
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