Should the Draft be extended to Women?

@TG:

No, I am saying that Feminists have secured all of the perks for Women and few of the responsibilities of being equal with Men.

Yeah, that and trying to get into all-male golf clubs. :wink:

i’ll never get that.
much as i’d like to hang out in a women’s only fitness center, it’s certainly not my goal to become a member there. Guys need a place where they can get away from the constant moodiness and b***hing, even for a few rounds of golf. . . .

DM, I agree with you there, however…

According to Sean Hannity’s radio show, if it was voted on today in the Senate, 40 Senators would vote to bring back the draft.

Mandatory military service will not work in the US. Being a Veteran, I’ve seen plenty go into the military losers and come out about the same. It’s all about what you take with you and what you get out of it. If your not interested in discipline, duty, and hard work, it won’t help you at all. It be worse if US citizens were all made to serve instead of volunteer…

I see. Too many washouts I gues….

According to Sean Hannity’s radio show, if it was voted on today in the Senate, 40 Senators would vote to bring back the draft.

…and very few of those Senator’s would ever win a re-election.

Well, the older generations (Before Baby Boomers) largely support the Draft. And hell, a War always does good things for the politicians in power.

No, Winning Wars do good for politicans in power.

I don’t think anyone is offically in delta force :)

I did see a stat somewhere (forget where, History Channel something) that 9% of Army Special Forces are Women, no Stats on Marine or Navy units though.

Inmy country of origion, Bulgaria, everybody when they turned eighteen had to go to military training for 2 years, including females

Theres a difference between Bulgaria, with a population of what, 20 million? And America, with 275 Million people. We’d have an insanely costly, huge, and unneeded military if everyone joined at the age of 18.

I wasnt saying that the US should do this, I was just saying that females are drafted in my country

Theres a difference between Bulgaria, with a population of what, 20 million? And America, with 275 Million people. We’d have an insanely costly, huge, and unneeded military if everyone joined at the age of 18.

Well maybe not just military but also publics works and the like. Great way for job experience. :)

@TG:

Theres a difference between Bulgaria, with a population of what, 20 million? And America, with 275 Million people. We’d have an insanely costly, huge, and unneeded military if everyone joined at the age of 18.

Well maybe not just military but also publics works and the like. Great way for job experience. :)

i kind of like this idea.
If you don’t go for post-secondary education, then you are drafted into military or public works service. That almost makes too much sense . . . it would never fly in Canada . . . .

Yeah, and at the end you would be awarded with tax benefits for your service to the country. :)

Agreed. Public Service would be very positive.

TG Moses - The military is this aspect is like any other job. For the Navy, all recruits take a test to see if you can make it in the Nuclear Program, then they go from there. It has the highest drop out rate in the Military. I was on a fast attack submarine (Los Angeles Class - USS Boston). Most guys in the auxiliary mechanic, electrical, and electronic divisions (non-nuclear) were nuclear trainee drop-outs (we called them Nuke-Waste!). Some of those guys hated their new rates. They get in trouble they get out, etc., etc. Beyond that, recruiters will promise you the sun and give you little for it if they can. Some people get “promised” a job code only to have the Navy change it in bootcamp (needs of the Navy). Alot of people will get kicked out over that, promised something exciting and then find themselves a cook. I would not have enlisted without a guaranteed school in writing. Beyond all this, like I said before, people just don’t want to get the positives out of a military experience which will help them in any future career. Anyway, that’s what I got out of it…

I agree the military isn’t for everybody, though the Navy is also an excellent way to earn a secondary school education without having to pay a large tuition. As long as you willing to abide by their rules and work hard enough.

but there’s nothing the women can do about it if the senate and the house vote on it, and not the people(i guess maybe the women in the senate would vote against it, but they’re too old to be drafted anyway, so they won’t care)

Perhaps you are forgetting that Senators want to get reelected too? :)