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In reply to the discussion: Should women be drafted into the military? [View all]TM99
(8,352 posts)You assume I want anyone to do so. I do not. I do not want the draft.
However, it is not just that only young men in this day and age are expendable psychologically and physically during times of war. Things have changed. There are no longer any solid reasons in this progressive age for women and men, if a draft is to be re-instated, to not have to both deal with its tragic reality.
Equality is equality unless it is not. So many seem to want to have it only with the good shit and never the bad. Some men choose to stay in the military. Others during conflicts like Vietnam did not. They had zero choice. Women have clamored for the ability to rise in the ranks and to enter combat specialties. Some choose to make the military there career. But during a time of war, only the men are the ones forced to whether or not they desire to do so. That is not just. You and your friend may find it ridiculous. So be it.
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