The reason this is being pushed as I understand it, female officers are prevented from certain promotions because they lack combat assignments.
The qestions that should be asked is:
1. Females claim they are 'equal' for jobs, so why are they not protesting non-stop on the right to be drafted?
2. Politicians are pushing combat assignments. Why not the draft issue?
By all means, let's restart the draft. Gays and women won't have an automatic out this time. Then we'll see how popular this nonsense really is.
are 'equal' for jobs, so why are they not protesting non-stop on the right to be drafted?
2. Politicians are pushing combat assignments. Why not the draft issue?
Because the Draft is a non-issue, not having been used since Vietnam. I do not believe the Draft could be reactivated in the USA at this time. Certainly, if it were to be used the issue of drafting woman woul d have to be addressed first. There is no way that parents and boys themselves would possibly agree to a system that excluded woman, after woman having been promoted as equal in every realm of society for 50 years.
So the existing law is a ridiculous artifact and doesn't effect anyone.
Any draft would have to include a large 'alternative service' which would be available to concientious objectors, and this would quickly turn into a giant welfare program resulting in slackers getting free stuff for life as having served in a capacity the equivlant of combat veterans. The CO's could conceivably outnumber the fighters.
No one in today's Army was drafted, so whatever issues the ladies have with their status the draft eligibility isn't part of it.
are 'equal' for jobs, so why are they not protesting non-stop on the right to be drafted?
2. Politicians are pushing combat assignments. Why not the draft issue?
Because the Draft is a non-issue, not having been used since Vietnam. I do not believe the Draft could be reactivated in the USA at this time. Certainly, if it were to be used the issue of drafting woman woul d have to be addressed first. There is no way that parents and boys themselves would possibly agree to a system that excluded woman, after woman having been promoted as equal in every realm of society for 50 years.
So the existing law is a ridiculous artifact and doesn't effect anyone.
Any draft would have to include a large 'alternative service' which would be available to concientious objectors, and this would quickly turn into a giant welfare program resulting in slackers getting free stuff for life as having served in a capacity the equivlant of combat veterans. The CO's could conceivably outnumber the fighters.
No one in today's Army was drafted, so whatever issues the ladies have with their status the draft eligibility isn't part of it.