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Probably a very controversial thing is this notion of War and Women. It is an interesting phenomena in the country that about 50% of the people who live here never live in fear of being called up for military service. By mere virtue of their gender, they escape this call to country, as a potential unwritten contract of American Citizenship.

I know that there are thousands of very fine and exceptional women who have served and continue to serve in this nations Armed Forces, and they do so in combat zones and a myriad of hazardous conditions, yet they do so voluntarily. I salute them all.

But lets talk about the women who have no vested interest in America, they sit and complain about taxes and the military, or better yet, they support sending a man to die in their place, just as it has been done for hundreds of years.

So where am I going with this? I suppose this is just one of those conditions where you have a hard time taking people seriously who just have no vested interest in the decisions that are made when it comes to war.

Sure we all pay taxes, and we have opinions as to the current crisis, but when it comes to a draft, that’s where the irony begins. Separate but equal. I thought that was abolished long ago.

And so my thought is that a woman who supports a draft is like a slap in the face for those MEN, who could be called to service.

Sure, there is no draft now, and we hope that it doesn’t come to that, but it could. I wouldn’t be so naïve to believe that there is no possibility of a draft, and it wouldn’t bother me if there was one. I am bothered that the process is too selective. I am bothered that not everyone is required to sign up. I’m bothered that when it comes down to it, we are not all equal in our responsibilities.

We live in a society that dreams that women can stay home and raise children, and yet for the vast majority of us, two income families aren’t merely for comfort and convience, its because its required.

We need to fix a very antiquainted philosophy of the defense of America, and make it the right of All Americans.