The draft could create problems for Bush's Right Flank

[bluestateguy]

Bringing back the draft will create major pressure to make women subject to conscription. If Bush goes along with it, the religious right will rebel.

Check out this column by Joseph Farah, who represents very well the religious conservative point of view with regard to women in the military.

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38323

I told you it would come to this.

When the social crusaders determined to put women in combat or as near to combat as they could, I warned it would eventually lead to the drafting of women.

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It's considered unfashionable to make such statements anymore, so I guess I'll have to be the one to say it: Women don't belong on warships, let alone in command of them. Women don't belong in the cockpits of fighter planes and bombers that can be shot down over enemy territory. Women don't belong on the front lines in any military capacity. There, I said it.

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[sendero]

1. Dude...

.... you are in BIG trouble :)

[WLKjr]

6. my mom thinks the same way

she said women are more mature than that and that guys are the ones that always want to use violence to solve problems....whatever that means, lol.

[RobertSeattle]

2. In Iraq there are no "Front Lines"

There is no "rear area" or "safe area" in Iraq.

It would be interesting to know what percentage of KIA are women as compared to the percentage of troops deployed.

[yardwork]

3. Remember Newtie Gingrich's reason for no women in combat?

Women get "infections" every month making it inadvisable for them to serve in the military. Also, they are unstable.

Disgusting to read and repeat I know, but Newt Gingrich actually said this during a university lecture.

[SEpatriot]

4. Thunder on the Right

We need to float this out there as much as possible. There is a slow fissure developing in the repug party that needs to be exploited. Can you say Roy Moore for President??? Bush needs to get it from all sides.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Hmmm lies

The news that Jessica Lynch was raped and sodomized by her Iraqi captors underscores just one of the many reasons women don't belong in combat or anywhere near combat.

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But she was not raped, she actually refuted this in her book and in a nationally televised interview... why is he truly afraid of the draft? Oh yes the answer is down in the same piece.

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I don't say this because I am a male chauvinist. I say it because I treasure and honor women. I have the utmost respect for women – just ask my wife and my five daughters. In fact, it is partially because of that respect that I think it is nothing short of insane to put women at risk on the front lines of war.

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You are a male chauvinist... but you cannot fathom your precious ones actually SERVING their country and .... GOD FORBID making the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE... how REPUBLICAN of you... let others die for your wars. I am sure, and this is not politically correct either, this gives you a hard on....