OPINION: Don't draft our daughters for front-line combat
in the name of"national defense" sets the stage to conscript mothers and daughters to the battlefield.
This is not, and has never been, a question of whether women can serve effectively in our armed forces; the answer is obviously yes. Thousands already do voluntarily, and they deserve the utmost commendation for their service and sacrifice. But today there are around 17 million men of draft-registration age and some 60 million of"fighting age" , the vast majority of whom are able-bodied.
Many of my colleagues argue that women will never be sent to the front lines. Oh, really? Much of the left can no longer define what a woman is and is working to destroy any and all distinctions between the sexes. They teach children that girls can become boys, boys can become girls, and that men can become pregnant. Even in the military itself, they applaud radical gender ideology and force biological women to share living space with anyone else who identifies as one.
Worse, many of those same colleagues say we won’t need to draft women unless it’s"really bad." Well, which is it? If it’s"really bad," then everyone’s going to the front lines. The truth is that this a question of whether we as a nation, and we as Republicans will unnecessarily force young women to fight wars through conscription in the name of political correctness. That’s it.
A military that cares more about"equity" than military readiness will waste no time putting your daughter on the front lines. The purpose of the Selective Service is to ensure the availability of
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