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Posted on 3/25/20 at 8:36 am to dawgfan24348
quote:That's apparently too logical.
Or we could just get rid of the draft
Posted on 3/25/20 at 9:01 am to pvilleguru
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Or we could just get rid of the draft
That's apparently too logical.
Again. We do not have a draft. We have registration for a draft if one is ever enacted again. But the draft was ended in 1973.
Posted on 3/25/20 at 9:05 am to chryso
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everyone gets an SSN when born
I don't think this is true. Need to confirm.
Also, kids who legally immigrate as minors might not either.
Posted on 3/25/20 at 9:05 am to Mizz-SEC
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Men between the ages of 18 and 25 who don’t register for the draft face possible fines and jail time, and may be ineligible for benefits like federal student loans.
Since when? When I turned 18 I was told I only needed to register for the draft in order to qualify for FASFA.
Posted on 3/25/20 at 9:11 am to Darth_Vader
quote:No fricking shite. Registration for the draft and the actual draft are synonymous. If you get rid of the ability to have a draft, you also get rid of the need to register for the draft.
Again. We do not have a draft. We have registration for a draft if one is ever enacted again. But the draft was ended in 1973.
Posted on 3/25/20 at 9:12 am to pvilleguru
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No fricking shite. Registration for the draft and the actual draft are synonymous. If you get rid of the ability to have a draft, you also get rid of the need to register for the draft.
What happens if we become embroiled in a major war requiring a draft?
Posted on 3/25/20 at 9:13 am to Mizz-SEC
Draft our daughters ! Otherwise the dominant white male hierarchy wins ! Equality at last !
Posted on 3/25/20 at 9:15 am to Darth_Vader
quote:If your war can't generate the numbers that you need just by having people enlist, then you need to take a long, hard look at the reason why you're fighting.
What happens if we become embroiled in a major war requiring a draft?
Posted on 3/25/20 at 9:23 am to Mizz-SEC
Posted on 3/25/20 at 9:23 am to pvilleguru
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If your war can't generate the numbers that you need just by having people enlist, then you need to take a long, hard look at the reason why you're fighting.
You do realize even after we were attacked by the Japanese, a draft was required, right? 16 million Americans served in the Armed Forces during the war. Of that number over 10 million were drafted.
Are you saying that instead of drafting soldiers during WWII our leaders should have instead sued for peace because a draft was needed?
Posted on 3/25/20 at 9:56 am to Tempratt
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The military isn't a social research laboratory
Can't they make sandwiches?
Posted on 3/25/20 at 9:57 am to Darth_Vader
This isn't 1941, but I would still be 100% against a draft.
Posted on 3/25/20 at 10:06 am to pvilleguru
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If your war can't generate the numbers that you need just by having people enlist, then you need to take a long, hard look at the reason why you're fighting.
You’re an idiot. Even the Greatest Generation, in arguably the most popular war in our history, required a draft to meet our manpower requirements. Voluntary enlistment didn’t come close. In fact, the US Army was running out of infantrymen in Europe in late ‘44 and ‘45. They were having to scavenge truck drivers, cooks, AAA units, etc to flesh out line infantry units.
Posted on 3/25/20 at 10:06 am to Tempratt
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Thanks feminists.
Are all of you that fricking stupid?
This was brought about by a lawsuit by men's rights activists. They argued that with the allowance of women in direct combat roles, men were discriminated against by the laws that required them to sign up for the draft to be eligible for certain government programs, like student loans.
Rather compelling argument, I think.
Frankly, I think we should scrap Selective Service registration entirely. We won't ever really use it, and if we do, it won't be hard to restart a registration program.
Posted on 3/25/20 at 10:27 am to Mizz-SEC
This idea comes up fairly often. I've said that once they got the okay to serve in combat, they should have to register for the draft, too.
I still believe that.
I still believe that.
Posted on 3/25/20 at 10:50 am to pvilleguru
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Registration for the draft and the actual draft are synonymous.
Umm, no they're not.
Posted on 3/25/20 at 10:51 am to Mizz-SEC
wanna be equal..... be equal
Posted on 3/25/20 at 10:53 am to Mizz-SEC
ill tell you if i am bleeding out in some chinese rice field in 2021 i would trust a 110 pound woman to drag me to safety. and to say otherwise would be sexist
Posted on 3/25/20 at 10:56 am to SoFla Tideroller
Do we need large man power anymore though? Any serious war would be between nuclear powers which hopefully will never happen. Either that or some proxy war like Vietnam which would likely be highly unpopular and ultimately not directly important to the US.
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