The Draft

[zekko]

I was watching a PBS program on the draft (Selective Service). Most posters here are probably too young to remember the US having the draft. Nixon ended the draft in early 1973, when I was still 12 years old. Anyway, there was a question asked: "Is it worth fighting a war if the people themselves are not willing to sacrifice for it (be drafted)?".

This got me thinking about males, females, and military service. As it currently stands, women in the US are banned from seeing combat, although they can be in the military. As such, if the draft is ever brought back, it is doubtful that women would be included, and even if they were they are not likely to see combat.

I would write this off as simply being gender differences, but feminists always push for equality. If a young man can be pressed into military service and sent off to be killed or have his limbs blown off, simply on the basis of his gender, where is his compensation for this? To come back to a country where he is told he has to step aside to make room for more women to take his job so the employment picture can be more equal?

Mind you, I am not advocating women in combat, or even in the military, for that matter. But if the sexes are supposed to be truly equal, where is the justice here? What does the guy get for his trouble?

 

[LiveFreeX]

Every man could suddenly claim transgender-ism or come to Canada under the guise of gender persecution.

 

[Bible_Belt]

There are so few jobs left for young people that it is actually difficult to get into the military. It took my cousin almost six months. He's a healthy 22 y/o with no criminal record, and he wanted to be an infantry grunt, which is the easiest job to get. He just arrived in Afghanistan last week.

 

[zekko]

There are so few jobs left for young people that it is actually difficult to get into the military.

That just reinforces the idea that it is the poor people of the nation who are sent off to war. There are certainly advantages to the volunteer military, and disadvantages as well. But I was thinking more about the gender differences.

Since the US is so adamant about knocking down all gender roles and differences, in a case like this where only a male might be forced to die or be maimed for his government, what does he get for his trouble?

 

[BlueAlpha1]

Every man could suddenly claim transgender-ism or come to Canada under the guise of gender persecution.

I'm no war hawk, I'm an non-interventionist for chrissake. I take the Rand Paul approach to foreign policy, but I'm voting for Trump because I fear the day a President similar to Justin Trudeau or Angela Merkel comes to America. Obama was Diet-SJW and Hillary is 50% Less Sugar-SJW. Bernie was cutting it pretty close to those two. Disregarding policy entirely Trump is what the west needs just by virtue of style in how different he is from all of these cowardly leftists from hell.

I don't want women in the draft. We should encourage them to stay home and return to their feminine instincts, not give them the final insane push they want towards total genderlessness. Plus they'd be less effective on the battlefield.

 

[Bible_Belt]

Women aren't allowed in "Combat Arms" jobs like infantry and armor. But they are allowed in Combat Support jobs. Jessica Lynch was a truck driver: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lynch

She lived through being captured, but could have easily died. The modern war we are fighting does not have an enemy who plays by any of the rules of warfare. Women in combat support roles still risk their lives, too.

There are a lot of non-citizens in the Army, recent immigrants to the US. Many of them barely speak English. Active duty military personnel get their citizenship fast-tracked. The US military benefits a lot from immigration.

 

[Dust 2 Dust]

Drafting women is a stupid idea from a strategic standpoint. Young fertile women need to be pregnant and at home to maintain a sustainable birthrate during a time of war.