Posted on 02/09/2016 5:19:02 AM PST by Kaslin
My Two Cents:
The author is correct that it was a terrible political mistake for any conservative to introduce a bill requiring women to register for the draft.
We should be arguing for preserving the exclusivity of all male direct combat units (Infantry, Armor, Field Artillery, Combat Engineer (Sappers)) and stressing the legal vulnerability the Democrats have created by lifting the ban on women in such units. If the requirement for exclusive male draft registration is to go away, let the courts strike it down and ensure the Democrats suffer the political consequences for their political correctness folly.
Just a side note, it has been 40 years since anyone has been drafted. Essentially, there is no draft today.
In the end, that is Obama's goal. One of them anyway.
Exactly. It is basic reverse psychology. Most women aren’t up in arms about women being in combat as it does effect them. It is a 100% volunteer force and the selective service doesn’t apply to them. By introducing the “this now applies to all military age women”, people especially women are going to push back hard and set it all the way back to women can’t be in combat units.
I am still hoping that this draft effort is to highlight the stupidity of social experiments in the military.
Yes, the draft has not been used, but it is still an option on the table. That is the point of the selective service. It registers all applicable to be drafted in the event a draft is required.
I recall reading comments of a female general of the Russian army, when asked her views of females in the army....her comments, “it was difficult to get the soldiers out of the barracks....”
During the Iraq war, a female soldier was captured, on her release, she was asked how she was treated, she replied, “the men had natural impulses”
I was 34 years younger then. I miss that guy! :-( Except I don't miss being an atheist. I got saved in the Army.
Any party that re-institutes the draft in this day and age is signing their own death warrant. It will never be used again. Today, registering is just another tool of big government to maintain control, much like the requirement for babies to be issued a SSAN.
The military needs plenty of REMFs. Women can’t have it both ways. They need to sign up and have skin in the game.
On a side note, I retire this Friday with 24 years of service. Served with many capable women. But over my time never met even ONE that could last 30 seconds against any of my SEAL or Ranger pals.
Very well said.
,,,,,, stupid is correct almost like having women in an 11B status in combat .
Yes it would be stupid that liberal politicians put us in a position to even consider it.
Except of course Demi Moore!
As I posted before:
In order to be “fair,†the draft should be split, 50/50 women/men.
That fair and equitable split would thereby, by necessity, require ALL combat jobs to be filled with women in order to fill the ranks, and that means physical standards must be reduced, meaning “women standards†for all men and women.
Once that 14th Amendment equal protection lawsuit is filed by the wimpy feminist “male†insisting women must face the same draft he does, a whole bunch of equal protection arguments will flood the courts and the military. And that will destroy our military. After all, that is the ultimate aim of obozo and his sycophants.
Spread the wealth... have women register for Selective Service. They wanted this “opportunity” to go into the combat specialties, so give it to them.
It’s deliberate Leftist strategy to bulk-up a pacifist movement in this country.
They have been apoplectic over the failure to get any substantial anti-war movement going in the days since we went to an all-volunteer force.
The next time a POTUS proposes boots on the ground, and millions are faced with seeing their daughters drafted, that WILL turn out protests in the streets.
Or so their theory goes.
I am sure people were saying the same thing when it came to homosexuals openly serving in the military and women in combat roles.
It is a relevant topic because a couple 4-stars said they support including women in the draft. . .14th Amendment, you know.
Back in the day when the ERA was being debated, Phyllis Schlafly mentioned with the ERA WILL come women being required to sign up for Selected Service and possibly be drafted.
The draft still exists, just not active. . .we even have a budget for it, we are paying for people to administer the draft.
https://www.sss.gov/Portals/0/PDFs/Budget%20Justification%202016.pdf
Company cohesion is also degraded by the presence of women. Men act differently when women are around. Sexist? Maybe but it is a fact. There is a civilizing effect that women have on men, which can be contrary to killing people and breaking stuff. There is also the sexual tension that women bring into the unit. The dynamic of a bunch of 18-20 year old guys and gals in the field will be a mess. There is an ingrained nature in men to protect women, which may cause the men to act in ways contrary to the goals of the mission.
Women in combat. Bad idea.
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