I doubt the generation of our leaders could handle the fact that in a combat situation where large groups of female units (in the 100’s or 1000’s) were encircled, slaughtered or forced to surrender subjected to the horror’s of a POW including rape. Is the US public at large ready to face this possibility?
And I doubt the generation of our leaders could handle the fact that in a combat situation where large groups of young GI boys (in the 100’s or 1000’s) were encircled, slaughtered, or forced to surrender subjected to the horror’s of a POW tortue. Is the US public at large ready to face this possibility? :)
Absolutely not.
There’s too many other factors that have to be dealt with when you throw a female soldier into the mix. Gaurenteed, there will be trust problems with having a woman covering your back instead of a man, and in the world’s strongest military, we can’t afford petty nuisances like that.
And I trust anybody to watch my back if they passed their training regardless of race, sex, age, religion, or creed. Why many soldiers undergo the hardest training in elite unit? It is to insure that they will be serving with the best. I will take a Delta Force female over a regular male GI any day.
WE DO NOT NEED WOMEN TO FIGHT FOR US!
Yet during times of war we see young, underage boys (14-17) fighting for us?
Why should sons and daughters of politicians not be drafted like the rest of us.
I’m in favor of it if they do not have the ability to manipulate what goes on the battlefield. I do not like seeing important military politicians risking the lives of many others to protect the lives of their own offspring.
doubt ANY political party in this country would gain ANY public support with a platform “Send your daughters to die in foreign wars!”.
I don’t think any political party who tries to sell a platform requiring drafting (even if it is male only) would be very popular. We see what happened to LBJ… :-?