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Its all dependent on your MOS, NEC etc. And, there are plenty of women serving in combat positions already.
Read here on Chief Kent. She was CTI, a liinguist for the Navy.. Many more like her out there. And if the front line gets overtaken, the rest of the military will be combat veterans real quick. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/u...itary-spy.html
And even though I have 2 daughters, I say heck yes, they need to register too.
You can't point at a few exceptional female combat troops and use that to prove that if there is widespread conscription, the distribution of genders among combat and non combat roles will be roughly equal.
You can't point at a few exceptional female combat troops and use that to prove that if there is widespread conscription, the distribution of genders among combat and non combat roles will be roughly equal.
So what you're say is that females shouldn't register for selective service since there is no way of proving who would be placed into combat/non combat roles?? If that's the case, than the selective service, as it is today, isn't fair since it doesn't decide who is placed into what branch or in combat/non combat roles.
Females need to pony up and register for selective service like their equals, males, do... Fair is fair and it time for us, as a nation, to do the right thing.
Trust me, they're plenty of men who are not meant for military service, so why should we discriminate against them in a time of war? Again, fair is fair and are not all the SJWs screaming for equality? If so, I can't think of any better place for females to show equality than in registering for selective service.
You can't point at a few exceptional female combat troops and use that to prove that if there is widespread conscription, the distribution of genders among combat and non combat roles will be roughly equal.
you could say that about disabled men or those who have health conditions too... but they are required to register
No need for women to get pregnant to avoid military service. They can just say they have bone spurs.
I have a teenage daughter and a teenage son. I'm fine with both of them having to register for the draft and am also fine with sneaking them both into Canada in the so-unlikely-it's-not-even-in-the-realm-of-possibility event of a draft.
Just so you know, things in Canada have changed a lot during the past 55 years or so since the days of Viet Nam. Draft dodgers / deserters / military resistors don't have a haven in Canada anymore, no more so than any other kind of illegal immigrant, no matter how young they are nor whatever country they come from. I sympathize with parents' desire to protect their teenage children, and I realize that the likelihood of draft may not be in the realm of possibility - but if it did happen, American parents would need to understand how much things have changed.
Parents sneaking their teenage children into Canada today in order to protect them from the draft would be not much different from a judge sentencing them to solitary confinement locked up in some off-grid underground bunker out in the woods with hired criminals who guard them and act as their caretakers. No going out in public for them, no social interaction with anyone, no going outdoors, no going to school, no going to work, no cell phones, no internet, no TV, no health care, no benefits of any kind. Just complete isolation. If parents want to subject their children to that kind of isolated imprisonment to save them from the draft they can just as easily keep them hidden away like that imprisoned in their own countries where at least the parents can have more contact and more control over their kids well-being.
There are better and less drastic alternatives but isolating teenagers away as prisoners in Canada's boonies is not one of them, it would be harshly cruel punishment that does nobody any good at all.
Just so you know, things in Canada have changed a lot during the past 55 years or so since the days of Viet Nam. Draft dodgers / deserters / military resistors don't have a haven in Canada anymore, no more so than any other kind of illegal immigrant, no matter how young they are nor whatever country they come from. I sympathize with parents' desire to protect their teenage children, and I realize that the likelihood of draft may not be in the realm of possibility - but if it did happen, American parents would need to understand how much things have changed.
Parents sneaking their teenage children into Canada today in order to protect them from the draft would be not much different from a judge sentencing them to solitary confinement locked up in some off-grid underground bunker out in the woods with hired criminals who guard them and act as their caretakers. No going out in public for them, no social interaction with anyone, no going outdoors, no going to school, no going to work, no cell phones, no internet, no TV, no health care, no benefits of any kind. Just complete isolation. If parents want to subject their children to that kind of isolated imprisonment to save them from the draft they can just as easily keep them hidden away like that imprisoned in their own countries where at least the parents can have more contact and more control over their kids well-being.
There are better and less drastic alternatives but isolating teenagers away as prisoners in Canada's boonies is not one of them, it would be harshly cruel punishment that does nobody any good at all.
Canada welcomes people from other countries who are qualified and apply as legal immigrants and who go through all the proper legal applications and red tape. Applicants must be adults (and their children if they have any) and must have no criminal records, must possess the necessary qualifications, education, skills and work experience in demand that would make them eligible and desirable assets to Canada.
Illegal immigrants are not welcome in Canada any more so than they are in any other country, and that includes present day draft dodgers. Like I said, the days of Viet Nam are many decades ago, long gone. People who come into Canada illegally today are treated as any other criminals would be treated and are deported back to the authorities in their own countries. This should come as no surprise to anyone in today's political environments and administrations.
Ok feminists & "equality" standard bearers....your wishes are coming true. This falls under the heading "be careful what you wish for"...LOL
I've been a feminist for over 40 years now, and it's always been my opinion that women should be subject to the draft. I came to this conclusion during the Vietnam War.
I wonder why you think there will be a feminist backlash against this.
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