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No, but neither should males. If we are in a war that the citizens are unwillling to fight, we have no business being in the war in the first place.
And I oppose ANY measure that requires ANY citizen to register for ANY reason, unles the citizen wishes to engage in some voluntary activity for which there is a recognized need to demonstrate qualifications, such as driving a car or practicing medicine. The government of my country does NOT need know where they can find me. If they do, I'm in the phone book.
Here, here! No one should be made to fight for their country if they do not desire to do so. If it's a war worth fighting, the people will sign up. If not, well, then there's your answer.
As for the topic of women being drafted along with males...that's opening a can of worms that goes beyond issues of equality. What are soldiers known for in combat and conquest? Pillage and rape. You demand for your country's women to fight in a war they don't agree with and have them sexually assaulted (by our own troops AND the opposition's, as unfortunately is so common) on top of the other wounds and injuries suffered in war and you will have a lot more than a gender equality issue to come home to.
But again, no one should be forced to sign up for selective services, male or female. No one can be made to fight a war against their will.
As for the topic of women being drafted along with males...that's opening a can of worms that goes beyond issues of equality. What are soldiers known for in combat and conquest? Pillage and rape. You demand for your country's women to fight in a war they don't agree with and have them sexually assaulted (by our own troops AND the opposition's, as unfortunately is so common) on top of the other wounds and injuries suffered in war and you will have a lot more than a gender equality issue to come home to.
But again, no one should be forced to sign up for selective services, male or female. No one can be made to fight a war against their will.
Men and women are serving along side each other in combat today - so, what is the difference if women register for the draft?
I agree that no one should be made to fight. Is it really worth fighting for, if the citizens don't want to do the fighting?
I don't believe that women should be eligible for the draft. When men were drafted, many families were left fatherless, either temporarily or permanently. With women being drafted as well, there would be many children left with no parents (again, either temporarily or permanently). Who would care for these children? Group homes? Foster homes?
How does the military deal with all the pregnancies, menstration, birth control, rape crisis, orphans, etc. of the women in the military now, especially those in combat? Could they deal with it X1000?
Every citizen should be drafted (not just be eligible) and exposed to the absurdity of the military which is the ultimate hierarchal behavior control system ever developed. To really understand mass thought control through orders that is the military everybody should spend some time in one. Everyone includes the poor, halt, lame, and insane as well as the political and social elite and their childern.
Here, here! No one should be made to fight for their country if they do not desire to do so. If it's a war worth fighting, the people will sign up. If not, well, then there's your answer.
As for the topic of women being drafted along with males...that's opening a can of worms that goes beyond issues of equality. What are soldiers known for in combat and conquest? Pillage and rape. You demand for your country's women to fight in a war they don't agree with and have them sexually assaulted (by our own troops AND the opposition's, as unfortunately is so common) on top of the other wounds and injuries suffered in war and you will have a lot more than a gender equality issue to come home to.
But again, no one should be forced to sign up for selective services, male or female. No one can be made to fight a war against their will.
Many in the past, including my father and everyone else in WWII (they drafted EVERYONE, no matter what), and those who went to Vietnam of my age group - did not want to fight a war. However, they had to. It was their duty as citizens. And, at the time, only men.
The unfairness of the current situation, even though most oppose this war, is that these people are being sent back 3 or 4 times, and they shouldn't be. We need some new blood. It's unfair to keep these people over there so long and let the rest of us sit around and not help out. The soldiers and their families are the only ones sacrificing. If we keep going on with these wars in the Middle East, or anywhere else, we need a draft.
Absolutely women should. I think they haven't been b/c up till recently, men didn't want to fight side-by-side with women.
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