US A Military Draft For Women - Senate Armed Services Committee authorizes rule requiring women to register for the Selective Service

A Military Draft For Women?​

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Senate Armed Services Committee authorizes rule requiring women to register for the Selective Service.

By: Dave Patterson
July 26, 2021


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As the federal government tells us, the Selective Service or some form of military conscription serving the same function has been around since the Revolutionary War. Throughout the history of America’s need for conscripting for the military, only men have been eligible – that is until now. As Laura Valkovic reported in Liberty Nation back in 2019, with a Texas District Court ruling that it is unconstitutional for a draft to single out men, the subject of drafting women gained political prominence and a place in the nation’s discourse.
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on July 21 passed the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with a lopsided, bipartisan 23-3 vote that included an amendment to the Military Selective Service Act requiring young women to register for the draft.

The History​

This year’s NDAA is not the first time Congress has considered including women in the Selective Service System process. Masooma Haq, writing for The Epoch Times, points out that “Congress first considered making draft registration for women a requirement in 2016, even though all military combat jobs were open to women on a volunteer basis.” A provision to extend the draft to women was dropped before the NDAA came up for a floor vote in the House.
Whether implemented just in times of crisis, as was the case in World War I, or a fixture of the American national security landscape, the draft has been a principal part of keeping the U.S. secure. Between 1948 and 1973, during periods of peace and conflict, the draft was in place to fill shortfalls in needed skills that volunteers did not fill. In 1973 the involuntary induction authority expired, and Congress did not renew it.
However, the draft mechanism of the Selective Service System remains in place to augment the all-volunteer force in the event of a national emergency. To upgrade its potential response speed, the Selective Service in 1980 resumed the mandate that males must register for the draft within 30 days of reaching 18 years of age. The reality of drafting women, represented by the passing of the recent NDAA, is a new wrinkle.

Voices For And Against​

While Republicans on the SASC are commonly unanimous in their support for a defense funding authorization bill, this time, there were two Republican dissenters. Roll Call’s reporting explained that Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) voted against the authorization act because it included the provision for drafting women. The only other “no” vote was Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who doesn’t like Pentagon funding bills generally. Explaining his objection to Congress mandating women register for the draft, Hawley said in a tweet:

“I voted against forcing women to enter the draft, and here’s why. American women have heroically served in and alongside our fighting forces since our nation’s founding. It’s one thing to allow American women to choose this service, but it’s quite another to force it upon our daughters, sisters, and wives. Missourians feel strongly that compelling women to fight our wars is wrong, and so do I.”

The argument in favor of having females register with the Selective Service is that in the past, combat specialties in the military excluded them, but now that all military jobs are open to women, putting just men at risk is unfair. In the Times, Haq points out that the National Commission on Military, National and Public Service in its report made this case, saying, “This is a necessary and fair step, making it possible to draw on the talent of a unified nation in a time of national emergency.” When the commission presented its findings to the SASC back in March, the chairman of the committee, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), said:

“[W]hen the Department of Defense opened all military positions to service by women in 2016, the question was raised whether women should register for the selective service and if there were constitutional concerns if women were not required to register. As I stated then, I believe that women should be included in military selective service.”

An interesting alternative point of view from a source not always known for conservative gender policies is the commentary by Torild Skard entitled “No To Female Conscription,” published by the International Alliance of Women. Skard is a psychologist and former member of parliament in Norway. The commentary, though uniquely Norwegian, picks up on a historically conventional theme as Skard explains:

“The arguments are put forward that women and men must be treated equally, that women will help maintain the legitimacy of conscription and that they will contribute to better defense … Gender equality implies first and foremost that women and men should have the same human rights and fundamental freedoms. Women should be valued and allocated power and resources on equal terms with men. But women and men do not have to be alike or do the same things to be equal”

Whether the senate version of the FY2022 NDAA with its amendment mandating conscription for women makes it through the House of Representatives remains to be seen. Curiously, with the current rules, when it comes to the transgender category, men who identify as women must register, while women who identify as men do not. Apparently, the Selective Service still believes that biology rules.
There is a nuance that is missing from most of the reporting and commentary. In the past, when men were drafted, though they may have been given some options as to choice of military job or Service, if the need were for frontline infantry, that’s where they went. They are, after all, non-volunteers. To that very point, the message the SASC has sent is clear, women hold no special place in our culture and should be put in the frontlines of combat with the same dispassion as are men.

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[Rebel Wilson]

Maybe those repub senators who voted against this will think a little longer and harder about throwing the young to the meat grinder if darling daughter little maryjane rottencrotch is now draft eligable too.

 

[Ihavetinyweewee]

They should get rid of it altogether. Opening up combat jobs to women doesn't make the vast majority of them capable of doing them.

So if a draft is implemented: what are we going to do? Put(the vast majority) them in support roles? Draft for administration positions?

I guess so we can free up more men to go into the meat grinder?

Then what is the point?

The purpose of a draft is not to bolster support roles. Its to get more bodies in combat arms.

The whole idea is just intellectually dishonest.

Get rid of the selective service. That would be fair.

Then men/women can volunteer for whatever role they qualify for.

Also, it puts pressure on our stupid politicans to actually justify most of their pointless war expeditions.

 

[East_Clintwood]

There's a reason the vast, vast majority of countries and civilisations across time, have stopped women being on the front lines. Israel being the exception through necessity

Israel isn't an exception. While they do draft women, and technically they have combat roles they're deliberately posted to the most secure locations, generally the borders with Egypt + Jordan, since they're the least likely place for actual combat these days.

 

[Billy Beer]

The Soviets had the good sense to only use them as snipers whereas that whole Women's Battalion of Death in the first World War under the Russian Empire was a joke and completely ineffective.

There also was the whole Night Witches air brigade that harassed the Germans once in a while.

Only real job I see for women is basically nursing and maybe comfort women once in a while.

Israel isn't an exception. While they do draft women, and technically they have combat roles they're deliberately posted to the most secure locations, generally the borders with Egypt + Jordan, since they're the least likely place for actual combat these days.

The reason for keeping women off of the front lines is the same reason you don't allow guys in: during the heat of a firefight, a man is more likely to break rank to help out an injured female (or gay if he's gay) than a man. Men being injured is wired in to our brain as ok. Women, or those you're attracted to, being hurt makes you pause and rethink, leading to the possibility of the enemy getting the drop on you.

Try as you might feminists and faggots, there's no place for women and gays in the forces, so sayeth nature and 70,000 years of human evolution.

 

[NoReturn]

Only real job I see for women is basically nursing and maybe comfort women once in a while.

There are plenty of things you can do with women from a military perspective besides just nursing. Much of it, however, is desk work, maintenance, etc. which then leads us all directly to...

I guess so we can free up more men to go into the meat grinder?

Ding ding ding! We have our winner!

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

HOORAY!

Now your daughters can die for Zion!

 

[Exceptionally Exceptional]

They should get rid of it altogether. Opening up combat jobs to women doesn't make the vast majority of them capable of doing them.

So if a draft is implemented: what are we going to do? Put(the vast majority) them in support roles? Draft for administration positions?

I guess so we can free up more men to go into the meat grinder?

Then what is the point?

The purpose of a draft is not to bolster support roles. Its to get more bodies in combat arms.

The whole idea is just intellectually dishonest.

Get rid of the selective service. That would be fair.

Then men/women can volunteer for whatever role they qualify for.

Also, it puts pressure on our stupid politicans to actually justify most of their pointless war expeditions.

2 words: Cannon Fodder. Let the women soak up the casualties on our end while the men inflict them on the enemy.

 

[Dan Abrams]

Some good salt on Twitter. Sorry ladies, equality means you too can go die for Israel. NOOOOo I didn't mean THAT kind of equality!!!

 

[Vyrsa Inglebard]

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Some good salt on Twitter. Sorry ladies, equality means you too can go die for Israel. NOOOOo I didn't mean THAT kind of equality!!!

Something something don't call it a grave, yadda yadda lie in the bed you made, blah blah get what you fuckin' deserve.

 

[Aidan]

I disagree with this on a personal level but also think we may as well since we live in clownworld these days. I just don't expect it to be truly equal and even then most drafted females would likely fail infantry training being a massive waste of time and resources when it's exceptionally wasteful.
Realistically this just means young women need to actually put a modicum of skin in the game to receive federal benefits and participate in a lot of things they just assumed were rights and not privileges.

With the way the US operates, chances are, if they need to draft people then the war is not worth doing.

 

[NJBear]

I never thought they would do this.

 

[Aidan]

I never thought they would do this.

I bet you never thought Donald Trump would be president either.

 

[TowinKarz]

Congrats, girls!

Thanks to feminists and wokescolds fixing problems in your name without your input, you got equality at last, like it or not!

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

There is now no escape for someone who isn't politically connected or rich.

>War Effort Industry Deferment
Hires 10,000 Illegals
Moves industry overseas
>College Deferment
Tough shit. Report to MEPS
>Gay
Report to MEPS
>Troon
Report to MEPS
>Disabled
Report to MEPS
>Woman
Guess we'll drive you to MEPS

I volunteered for the Army on my birthday
They draft the white trash first, 'round here anyway

And yeah, we all know that female troops will be assigned REMF or stateside positions, except one little thing.

Unlike what people think, there's no such thing as front lines any more.

Enjoy your PTSD and crippling injuries, ladies.

Guess you should have paid more attention to a candidates foreign policies and not whether or not he had nice hair and soothed your daddy issues.

 

[Glowie Hunter Art Bell]

In other news, the amount of people who think the selective service is the exact same as a draft is astounding. I remember learning about this in schoolsl when I was like 12.

Its essentially a bank of people, but its not a draft. Joining the selective service isnt a waiting game to be sent into battle, its a bank of people for if we ever do have a draft again, which is highly unlikely

 

[Damocles_Sword]

Bah hah hah hah hah. Women got the vote through literal terrorism so they could have political power without any of that pesky skin in the game.

 

[Mr. Skeltal]

Good.

How much do you want to bet that a new wave of "traditional conservativism" is going to sweep the nation in the wake of this decision?

 

[Syaoran Li]

Anyone getting their hopes up for a bunch of woke college women or radfem dykes suddenly doing a 180 and going full trad over this thing is hopelessly optimistic.

The Selective Service is a crock of shit but it's not the exact same as the actual draft, which hasn't been in practice since 1972 and to bring it back would be political suicide for anyone regardless of their party.

If they do bring back the draft in this country, there's a good chance that shit will have gotten so bad that we'll all have way more things to worry about than this.

Still, it's an entertaining shitshow either way so I'm gonna grab me a bag of popcorn and a Pepsi.

 

[Morch Ponkey]

I can finally be a dependa

 

[soy_king]

Israel isn't an exception. While they do draft women, and technically they have combat roles they're deliberately posted to the most secure locations, generally the borders with Egypt + Jordan, since they're the least likely place for actual combat these days.

Anecdotally speaking, I know a female IDF soldier who was active duty and posted to Mount Hermon on the Syrian border. Not saying you're wrong though.