Draft????

[DeltAlum]

A couple of thoughts -- just to keep the pot stirred...

Women have served with distinction -- mostly as nurses.

I think it would be possible to "protect" women to a large extent by keeping then in non-conbatant roles. Of course, nothing is perfect, and some certainly could be killed or captured.

There could be regulations put in place to not send a father and mother into a combat zone at the same time. There was a rule about sole surviving sons during Vietnam.

If women were drafted, it could leave more men on the homefront to keep running the country. The idea is not to increase the size of the military -- just make things more "equitable."

There are lots of jobs in the Armed Forces that do not require physical strength and agility. Women could fill them well.

As for the former draft, 4-F was unfit for service for physical reasons (a lot of hugh football player types, etc. got off for "injuries" like bad knees, etc.) , 1-S and 2-S were student deferments. There were others.

I need to confess now. I have two daughters in their twenties. I'm not really in favor of drafting women on the face of it. However, there are some very good reasons for thinking about it.