draft bill introduced in the house Options

[Seeker]

Congressman Charles Rangel (Democrat) introduced a bill (Universal National Service Act of 2006 - HR 4752 IH) aiming at drafting everyone from the ages of 18 to 42 into the military for a minimum of 2 years.

Quote from the bill:

To provide for the common defense by requiring all persons in the United States, including women, between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes

This bill was introduced February 14th and is scheduled to be debated and possibily adopted on 6-6-06.

Read the bill online:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h109-4752
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.4752

[pebkac]

Red Cross, EMT ... somehing that would be useful during an all-out war or national emergency. Germany does this, but most women can't hack it in the Army, so chicks spend their two years doing some sort of other job to free up men to carry rifles.

Sorry, but you're wrong. Most women are every bit as capable of being in the military as a man is. It's just that society teaches them that said things are un-femenin.