Posted on 02/12/2016 6:02:44 AM PST by Kaslin
When asked if women should be required to sign up for the military draft at last weekend's GOP debate in New Hampshire, several candidates voiced their approval. After all, the military has opened all combat roles to women.
Following the debate, Sen. Ted Cruz disagreed with his rivals. He called the proposal "nuts."
Lt. Gen. (US Army-Ret.) William "Jerry" Boykin appears to agrees with the Texas senator. Boykin, the executive vice president of the Family Research Council, sent an urgent email to supporters on Tuesday noting how concerned he was after last weekend's GOP debate. He said the new proposal to make women sign up for the draft proves that the military is being used as a social experiment.
Everyone in the military knows that once in, you don't get to choose where you will end up serving. As the current administration has made abundantly clear, the U.S. military is now operating as a testing ground for social change -- at the expense of military readiness. As combat infantry and Special Forces specialties are opened to women, it only follows that if a draft should occur, conscripted women would inevitably be placed in units where the mission is to find and engage the enemy, including hand-to-hand combat.
For some peace of mind, Boykin urged the current presidential candidates to sign the following pledge.
Petition to U.S. Presidential Candidates
I, the undersigned, urge you to reject mandatory registration for selective military service for women. It is unconscionable that we would even contemplate forcing our daughters to be put in in harm's way against their will. The women in our military have a long history of excellent service as volunteers. Should a draft occur, there is no need to conscript our women into service that would ultimately include infantry and Special Forces. The current national discussion on the issue places a liberal social agenda over and above military readiness and respect for the value of America's young women. Don't draft our daughters. I urge you to reject required selective service registration for all American women.
Boykin is perhaps convinced Cruz will sign it. He endorsed the Texas senator Thursday, according to Cruz's campaign.
"The next President will appoint three Supreme Court Justices," Lt. Gen. Boykin said. "I want Ted Cruz to do that. He is a man of character, integrity, and courage."
Other politicians are drawing attention to the issue. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is expected to introduce a bill that would block women from registering for the Selective Service. His reason was personal.
"I do not want to see my 15-year-old daughter drafted into the military," the Utah senator told CNS News.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller disagree. Both are fully supportive of women being included in the draft.
"Every American who's physically qualified should register for the draft," Neller testified during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
What do Americans think?
A Rasmussen Reports poll released Wednesday found that a majority of women—52 percent—oppose being required to register for the draft. Thirty-eight percent support enrollment, while 10 percent are undecided.
Meanwhile, 61 percent of men support the government requiring women to register, the Rasmussen poll found.
The A-holes will NOT draft my daughter.
?????
No one has been drafted for the US military in ~ 40 years.
Reinstating the draft even for men would be a effective way to turn most Americans isolationists.
Why not? Girls can’t put gas in tanks, wash uniforms, do logistics, work the mess hall, ...? Even if 95% of women aren’t infantry ready, for every one infantry, there are 10 support roles they could do.
I understand the opposition of drafting women into combat roles, but why not draft them into support roles?? Roles where physical stature and endurance are not necesarrily a requirement to carry out their specific duties.
This proposal is delicious! I hope this gets traction. Libs need to witness the collision of their policies. Either women can do what men can do, or not. Pick one.
I think we should start with the NFL, where being weaker doesn't usually make you DEAD.
Starting in 2016, every NFL team must have 5 out of 11 positions filled by women.
That is not as insane as drafting girls for combat.
We’d rather die than let the state enslave our daughters (why we fight) into slaves of any kind. Any attempt to do this will turn the USA inside out.
In modern fluid mobile combat, there are very few “safe rear areas.”
Plenty of jobs in the military that can be filled by women. As we've seen in Iraq and Afghanistan, women cooks and truck drivers often end up in harm's way.
Than you wrote: "As we've seen in Iraq and Afghanistan, women cooks and truck drivers often end up in harm's way."
What is it?
Well, if you have noticed it’s the rats that call for the draft
If a man is to be penalized for not registering for selective service, then it's fair to subject women to the same requirement.
Recall a few Dems in congress called for the draft when GW was POTUS to get AP story titles :”Congress talking about reinstating the Draft” to turn Americans against his two wars.
Murtha was one, maybe Durbin was the other.
Its one thing to disagree but it was pretty sleazy for Dems act like they are for a draft to just convince Americans that the opposing party is planning one, to stir resistance to them.
Is an 18 year old American female more important than an 18 year old American male?
No.
On the other hand if they are both captured do you think they will be treated the same?
Do you think the girl can carry a 60 lbs pack for 20 miles?
Drafted? Yes
Front-lines? No
YUGE difference. To confer the latter with the former is disingenuous, at beast.
I abhor the Selective Service requirement to begin (completely antithesis to our ideals of a Free people/nation), but equal is equal.
They wanted their vote, they burnt their bras, they wanted to be equal to men. Now, live with your decisions.
Actions have consequences. I think too many people forget that, especially here. They’ve made it ‘personal’ and use emotion over logic.
IMO, we should shoving the sh!t down the Socialists throat as they like to do to us the other 99% of the time.
There are lots of knights in shining armor here on Free Republic who want to protect their perfect princesses.
Those days are gone.
Women are going to be in the Combat Arms.
The knights in shining armor lost that battle.
I am very aware of the limitations of females in the Combat Arms.
It doesn’t matter. Females are going to be in the Combat Arms.
Will it cause excessive casualties to our Combat Arms units?
Yes.
And males can be forced to serve in Combat Arms units and suffer those excessive casualties.
Females must be forced to be in the Combat Arms just as males can be forced to be in the Combat Arms.
It is only fair that they suffer the increased casualties that males will suffer.
Welcome to the Infantry, ladies!
You would get a lot of American girls raped and murdered to score a political point against the feminazis.
If they pass this law it will be met with massive non compliance.
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