I believe in young people having to serve a mandatory period of time in service to our country. This time could be in peaceful service such as AmeriCorps, or in the military service for the protection of our country.
And I believe that women should be able to serve in all functions of that military. This includes combat. If we must engage in combat, it's only right and fair to allow our daughters to fight alongside our sons.
Here's a petition you can sign if you also agree with the idea that women should be allowed to join in combat situations.
Per the site, the petition will go to Buck McKeon (R-CA) and Adam Smith (D-WA) who head the House Armed Services Committee and Carl Levin (D-MI) John McCain (R-AZ) who head the Senate Armed Services Committee, as well as the President since he is the Commander in Chief.
Let's stop the notion that women are inferior to men. As an enlightened and modern country, we are better than that.
Mandatory service!? Did you just reread some of Heinlein's wanking materials, er, novels?
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