Phyllis Schlafly on Including Women in the Draft - The Spearhead

A lot of men see Phyllis Schlafly as an ally in the fight against rampant feminism. She may be, but actually Schlafly is an ally of convenience. When it comes down to it, Schlafly has women?s interests in mind, hence her strong opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment and, most recently, including women in the draft.

The real war against women is the announced plan of the Obama administration, using outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta as the fall guy, to assign women for the first time in American history to fight our nation?s enemies in military ground combat. That?s real war, with real guns, real bullets and real deaths.

This war doesn?t involve only women who have volunteered to serve in our military. It?s a real war against all 18-year-old American girls, because for the first time in our nation?s history they will be required to sign up for the draft and be ready for a letter from Selective Service ordering them to report for military duty.

I?d say it?s true that including women in the draft as combat soldiers demonstrates real indifference to the fate of women, and probably in some cases outright misogyny, because women are not by nature suited for fighting. A grown woman at her physical peak is on par with a typical 14-year-old boy, and that isn?t even taking psychological differences into account.

Many will say ?since women have been clamoring for ?equality? in every other field, why not let them fight and die, too?? Well, that?s a reasonable argument I suppose, but only if you truly don?t care about whether or not the US military is effective and efficient, and if you don?t care much about drafted women and the men who would have to serve alongside them.

Having women in combat would present problems not only for the women themselves, but for male soldiers as well. How would you like to go into a combat zone with a weak, slow, frail and passive woman covering you? If you got wounded, would you want to rely on a woman to pull you out of the line of fire? Would you want her running a heavy load of ammo up a hill to your position, or would you prefer a man?

The military is a necessary evil. What soldiers do is terrible stuff. Shooting, burning, stabbing and blowing people up is the kind of work that should be done only when absolutely necessary, and it should be done as quickly and conclusively as possible. Who wants a long, messy war that can?t be won quickly due to battlefield ineffectiveness? Only a monster.

I suppose we should also ask whether we want battlefield equality between our troops and the enemy, because throwing women into combat will definitely blunt our edge in warfare. This push for women in combat demonstrates how absolutely out of touch with reality our ?leaders? have become. There is no doubt that women are, as a rule, inferior soldiers. We have always had moral qualms about using children in war; one of the most disgusting scenes of World war II was Hitler in his last days encouraging little German boys to go out and die in a hopeless cause. And yet when there is no pressing need for it the progressives want to use women.

Some ?progress??

Phyllis Schlafly opposes women in combat because she cares about women. I oppose it because I care about people in general. Those who support this kind of equality don?t care much about either.

Tagged as: Phyllis Schlafly, selective service, the draft, women in combat

Source: http://www.the-spearhead.com/2013/06/21/phyllis-schlafly-on-including-women-in-the-draft/

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