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In reply to the discussion: Compulsory female registration for the draft [View all]w0nderer
(1,937 posts)greencard (permanent residents and other immigrants) can be drafted
at the same time they can be 'more legally so' be called up in their country of origin (where they actually get to vote too unlike the US)
personally i'm for 'readiness to defend country' == 'right to vote'
or rather the opposite
'you can't be trusted to vote therefore we can't trust you to fight for the country'
if i can't be trusted to vote, how in all hells can i be trusted with a gun next to top secret things?
draft has never really stopped wars, because there is always a few ways
'pay' or 'pressure' to get a slot as a R.E.M.F. or as a 'protected employment class' or similar
as for the armchair hawks, i usually shut them up by handing over $5 for buss fee to and a coffee whilst they wait to sign up at the nearest recruitment center...amazing how fast the words 'oh at this stage in my career' can be said