Drafting Women - I LIKE IT!

[Bruzilla]

I just read an article on how Charlie Rangel (D-NY) is introducing a bill that would require women to register for the draft when they turn 18 just like the guys have to. I don't much care for Rangel, but hey - even the blind squirrel finds a nut from time to time, and I think this is Charlie's nut!

I think it would be priceless to see the reactions of all the women who have been yelling "We want equal rights!", "You go Sister!", or "Women must be heard!" from the sidelines of the women in combat debate when they find out they got exactly what they were asking for... a nice healthy dose of the American nightmare of being involuntarily called up to make little money, live in bad conditions, have few rights, and have the opportunity to die for your country all at the same time. How great would it be to watch gals like Sandra Fluke being forced to go down and register for the draft and start worrying about a call up like us guys?

I would sure love to see this bill pass. The outrage and hysteria from the crowd formerly known as the Pro-Women-In-Combat would be the best spectacle since the Roman Games. And who knows, maybe this could set a precedent for pro-men bills like maybe one giving preference to awarding child custody to the parent who's best set financially instead of to a mom who has no job and wants to live off child support payments for decades to come.

 

[Budnicks]

Know Liberals - No Thruth

That's the way it should be.. True Equality is what they all want, then you can't pick & choose what you want equality for....

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Thou, I dispise N.Y. Dem. Charlie Rangel, I think he's just another corrupt Socialist N.Y. Liberal...

 

[Ranidart70]

most feminists organizations are unreasonable........they think equality is going to get them something something its not .....they are basically crazys that just want attention

but even still if there is a shortage in male soldiers then why not get some ladies out there....i dont think its for every girl, but there are plenty willing to join an armed service and fight all the way for her country .....


WWII should have paved the way for this idea, with the use of Woman labor during that time to win a war.......that was a generation of "get it done" type ppl not a bunch of whiners like today.

 

[Moparsmitty]

That was the first thing that came to my mind when this "women in combat" issue hit the media. Sounds like a good deal until you think about what happens when we get a big shooting war going somewhere and we don't have enough volunteers. You know it's going to happen someday what with Iran and North Korea getting close to having a viable nuclear threat. When the draft gets fired up again are the draftees going to represent the general population and be about 50% women? Will women be deferred because they have kids? You can imagine the political firestorm that we will have in this country when peoples 18 year old daughters are drafted out of college to fight in a foreign war. Men and women in this country will be truly equal when they have exactly equal responsibilities as well as equal rights. JMHO

 

[pabster]

I am completely in agreement. Women should be required to sign up for the draft just as men are. They should be sent into combat if the need arises, just as men are. If I had to go into combat, I wouldn't care if someone fighting alongside me was a woman... or gay for that matter.

Gender equality should certainly not be pick and choose.

 

[YY1]

Dang, there goes my main comeback whenever I get into an "equal rights" argument...

 

[MarPar]

Dang, there goes my main comeback whenever I get into an "equal rights" argument...

ha! yup.

 

[jessipup]

great idea.
Cal vs NY, ocean to the left vs ocean to the right
a two headed nickel

 

[Cranky]

Make it equal for men by banning the draft....

 

[MoparMitch]

Been drafting women in Israel for years.

 

[MarPar]

Been drafting women in Israel for years.

IIRC, in Israel it is compulsory to be in the Army. after you graduate HS you have to serve for 2 years. men and women both.

 

[oldbee]

C'mon guys---- Do any of you honestly believe you could just shrug off a wounded woman beside you and keep on the attack? I wasn't brought up that way. You might be able nowadays to drill it of me,. I don't know. Semper Fi-'69-'71...Draft for all? Sure why not. Israel has done it for decades. Worked one summer with a kid that was a tank commander in Israel back in the late 80's,couldn't have been more than 21-22yrs. old.

 

[scotts74birds]

Not crazy about women in infantry, or direct combat. Obvious reasons. You can't imagine the filth of combat living conditions. Women in support roles, yes. Sounds chauvinistic, but yes. To make a point, it takes 7-10 troops in NON-COMBAT roles to deploy, supply, provide intelligence, and fire support, for 1 infantry trooper. There is no shame in support roles! I don't believe in a draft, but a part of me believes in some kind of national service. Maybe some sort of National Guard service. 8 weeks of basic that will change your life, and then back to FT. Livingroom till your country needs you. The skills they taught there will last a lifetime, even in everyday life.

 

[snakeyes]

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[Bruzilla]

Personally, I don't see the draft ever coming back. We're just too far past the day where massed armies are needed to accomplish most tactical and strategic goals. Our current force structures are well supported by the volunteer system. My concern was if this would still be the case during a time of war, but to my surprise it has help up even after close to ten years of combat.

What I like about Rangel's efforts are that woman would at least have to register for the draft, and force all the cheerleaders on the sideline to have to step up and get a piece of what they've been whining for. It's easy to order stuff when you don't have to pay the bill. Well, this would make them start picking up the tab.

 

[Ranidart70]

at college career fairs the recruiters are talking to girls same as boys for recruitment.

i go to college and i recently went to a career fair and the recruiters were talking to girls like there is no difference .....and a few i know actually signed up.

with the economy in the toilet the way it is now, Joining a service is not such a bad idea .....its rough when a Masters Degree cant even get you a job now. The armed forces are a sure job waiting for you....boy or girl.

 

[arsinist01]

I actually don't like the idea of girls having to sign up for the draft. My wife is the kindest most innocent person I've ever met and it would terrify me all to **** if she had ever been drafted who she'd be now. Or if she'd even be alive. My niece is the same way. There are women that I think would do well in the military, my sister among them, as she is a real hardass ball buster.

All that being said. Don't punish the few for actions of the others.

 

[Ranidart70]

All that being said. Don't punish the few for actions of the others.

ok so then you just indirectly came up with the perfect solution....

draft all the women who are allifiated with any kind of feminist organization....that way everyone is happy ....the feminists get their so called "equality" and the women who choose to go in the service still can ....and the girly girls can continue to contribute to society in other ways as a support group to the armed forces should the need arise.

 

[arsinist01]

ok so then you just indirectly came up with the perfect solution....

draft all the women who are allifiated with any kind of feminist organization....that way everyone is happy ....the feminists get their so called "equality" and the women who choose to go in the service still can ....and the girly girls can continue to contribute to society in other ways as a support group to the armed forces should the need arise.

Now that is a plan I can get behind lol