as for the women in the draft thing..i gotta agree with banjo. The point of women's physical attributes or the fact they *might* get pregnant, does not in anyway have anything to do with military service.
the draft isn't just for combat billets, Black soldiers were drafted in WW2 to become cooks....the draft is there to beef up our army in the advent of a full scale war where a larger force is needed that what we currently have on stand-by. that includes everything from deck washers to yeomen....to combat ops.
if i told you that i owned a company, and i did not hire women because they might get pregnant, and i can't afford to have them on leave for 6 months...i think you would agree thats a pretty retarded point...i agree that the military isn't there to meet individual career goals, but the same argument you would make to me...is one i would make to you regarding compulsory military service....it shouldn't matter
and we already have women fighter pilots....ask any fighter pilot wether they feel they were in combat or not during a military engagement.