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John McCain Joins Call to Register Women for the Draft
Roll Call ^ | 02/10/2016 | Niels Lesniewski

Posted on 02/10/2016 9:08:00 AM PST by GIdget2004

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee is the latest to say that women should be registering for the draft.

While there's no expectation the U.S. military will return to conscription any time soon, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is siding with service chiefs who say that with all combat roles opened to women, the Selective Service system should include them, too.

"As women serve in more roles across the armed forces, I support the recommendation of the Army Chief of Staff and the Commandant of the Marine Corps that women should register for Selective Service," McCain said in a statement provided to Roll Call. "It is the logical conclusion of the decision to open combat positions to women."

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.rollcall.com ...


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1 posted on 02/10/2016 9:08:00 AM PST by GIdget2004
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We can draft Meghan, she’d make for a good Bunker Buster.


2 posted on 02/10/2016 9:09:44 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: GIdget2004

McCain has lost his mind. I would never want my daughters drafted.


3 posted on 02/10/2016 9:11:13 AM PST by Rodm
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John McCain Joins Call to Register Women for the Draft

Of course he is supporting this for exactly the wrong reason.

4 posted on 02/10/2016 9:12:16 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: GIdget2004

He must be tryiong to get rid of his Daudhter, hehehehehehe LOL


5 posted on 02/10/2016 9:13:01 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: GIdget2004

Can’t somebody escort that senile old jackass to the Old Folks Home?


6 posted on 02/10/2016 9:13:03 AM PST by Savage Beast (The Trump Phenomenon is a Revolution. Actually a Counter-Revolution.)
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Good Lord the GOpe has it’s hands full and rightly so!

Senator Mike Lee Pushes to Definitively Bar Women from the Draft
2/10/2016, 12:08:11 PM · by GIdget2004 · 5 replies
National Review ^ | 02/10/2016 | Elaina Plott
John McCain Joins Call to Register Women for the Draft
2/10/2016, 12:08:00 PM · by GIdget2004 · 5 replies
Roll Call ^ | 02/10/2016 | Niels Lesniewski


7 posted on 02/10/2016 9:15:28 AM PST by austinaero
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To: Rodm

Israel experimented with that for a while.


8 posted on 02/10/2016 9:15:45 AM PST by Sasparilla
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To: GIdget2004

I’m just curious - is there one Democrat, especially the CIC, Obama, who has pushed this?


9 posted on 02/10/2016 9:15:58 AM PST by PGR88
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“John McCain Joins Call to Register Women for the Draft”

As with his master the leftists’ god, I’m against whatever Ace McCain is for.


10 posted on 02/10/2016 9:16:05 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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Note that so-called “trans-gendered rights” is the cause du jour among the enlightened these days.

Currently (if I’m not mistaken), if you’re born with male genes but “identify” as female, you’re still required to register for the draft. But if you’re born with female genes and “identify” as male, you’re not.

Which means for all practical purposes, the federal government has established a precedent that says you don’t have to honor some individual’s delusion of what sex they claim to be (local laws to the contrary notwithstanding).

UNLESS both males and females have to fill out a selective service form - then the distinction above becomes moot.

THAT’S what I believe is the basis for this sudden interest in registering females for the draft.


11 posted on 02/10/2016 9:16:28 AM PST by Stosh
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“It is the logical conclusion of the decision to open combat positions to women.”

I agree. Either women are fit for combat roles or they aren’t. You can’t have it both ways.

Feminists always want to have it both ways, and I’m sick and tired of letting them, while society pays the price. Make them live by their own rules and they will soon regret the chaos they cause our society.


12 posted on 02/10/2016 9:18:28 AM PST by Boogieman
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I actually dont mind drafting women. I can see a whole lot of roles women can serve during war time. Intelligence, medical, support, logistics, etc. I just do not believe women should be in combat roles.


13 posted on 02/10/2016 9:18:38 AM PST by taxcontrol ( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
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To: dfwgator

I think we all had the same idea! Chubby Meghan into the foxhole, please!


14 posted on 02/10/2016 9:20:28 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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To: GIdget2004

Now we know what Kissinger’s finger puppet thinks. I really hope McCain loses in November.


15 posted on 02/10/2016 9:22:01 AM PST by Vic S
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To: Rodm

But what about parents that feel the same about their sons?


16 posted on 02/10/2016 9:23:56 AM PST by bjcoop
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To: taxcontrol

There’s no reason they shouldn’t be drafted for those positions either.


17 posted on 02/10/2016 9:25:22 AM PST by bjcoop
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To: GIdget2004

God I hate this a$$hat...


18 posted on 02/10/2016 9:27:42 AM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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Sure, sign her up.

19 posted on 02/10/2016 9:31:12 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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Of course he does, rubita and jebito have both come out in favor of it so McLame has to be the good little GOPe footsoldier. McLame really should have chosen the frontal lobotomy instead of the bottle in front of him.


20 posted on 02/10/2016 9:31:55 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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