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    Ron Paul: Drafting Women Means Equality in Slavery

    Drafting Women Means Equality in Slavery

    By Ron Paul
    May 1, 2016

    Last week the House Armed Services Committee approved an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act requiring women to register with Selective Service. This means that if Congress ever brings back the draft, women will be forcibly sent to war.

    The amendment is a response to the Pentagon’s decision to allow women to serve in combat. Supporters of drafting women point out that the ban on women in combat was the reason the Supreme Court upheld a male-only draft. Therefore, they argue, it is only logical to now force women to register for Selective Service. Besides, supporters of extending the draft point out, not all draftees are sent into combat.

    Most of those who opposed drafting women did so because they disagreed with women being eligible for combat positions, not because they opposed the military draft. Few, if any, in Congress are questioning the morality, constitutionality, and necessity of Selective Service registration. Thus, this debate is just another example of how few of our so-called “representatives” actually care about our liberty.

    Some proponents of a military draft justify it as “payback” for the freedom the government provides its citizens. Those who make this argument are embracing the collectivist premise that since our rights come from government, the government can take away those rights whether it suits their purposes. Thus supporters of the draft are turning their backs on the Declaration of Independence.

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    http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives...ty-in-slavery/

    There is a bill in Congress that would repeal The Military Selective Service Act and abolish Selective Service: H.R. 4523

    The bill only has six cosponsors:

    Rep Chaffetz, Jason [UT-3] - 2/24/2016
    Rep Coffman, Mike [CO-6] (introduced 2/10/2016)
    Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 2/10/2016
    Rep DeSaulnier, Mark [CA-11] - 4/14/2016
    Rep Polis, Jared [CO-2] - 2/10/2016
    Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-48] - 2/10/2016
    Rep Upton, Fred [MI-6] - 4/15/2016



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    I'm split on this. I understand the draft to be slavery. But I also think if the draft was used for any or all conflicts, there would be a much larger anti-war movement and protests. And hopefully voting out the corrupt politicians that take us to war. Ron Paul uses the Vietnam example to argue against this, but I think the prospect of a draft has the effect to delay our entry into conflicts, or at least forces more debate and an actual declaration of war from congress which takes more time.

    Since the all "volunteer" army, we've been in constant conflict around the world for the past 25 years. And purely at the behest of the president. Is this way any better?
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    Free citizens defend themselves from oppressive states foreign and "domestic" by volunteer militia, that is the only way it works. Any thing else; financially coerced soldier or legally obliged conscript: you are a subject not a citizen.

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    Beautiful beautiful.

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    Society doesn't care at all about dead men, but you show a stack of caskets for 20 year old girls and the country will go ape$#@!. I'm 100% for women getting killed in the military at equal rates as males, then people will actually care about the consequence of war and military actions.

    So, end any and all compulsory military service forever, or let's get that female soldier body count up to a respectable number.

    Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RonPaulIsGreat View Post
    Society doesn't care at all about dead men, but you show a stack of caskets for 20 year old girls and the country will go ape$#@!. I'm 100% for women getting killed in the military at equal rates as males, then people will actually care about the consequence of war and military actions.

    So, end any and all compulsory military service forever, or let's get that female soldier body count up to a respectable number.

    Thanks.
    I shudder at the thought, but you're probably right that such strong medicine is what it will take to stop the militaristic madness.
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