# Draft all women and send them to fight terrorism **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 21, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494 "2015-01-21T17:05:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sciency](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Sciency](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sciency)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/1 "2015-01-21T17:05:50Z")
We have been using the wrong methods to fight terrorism so far. Bombing them, getting angry, profiling, etc. So what if we instead sent all our women to those countries and have them do what they do best? [slightly NSFW link:] [This is what I’m talking about](http://www.nikolaomontaya.com/west-will-crush-islam/) 😃 Terrorism is indirect warfare, so it’s time we do them the same treatment, ie, sneaky undercover “what the hell just hit us” kind of tactics. The kind you don’t see coming and you only realize it’s happening once it’s too late and you’re already defeated. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/2 "2015-01-21T17:33:53Z")
Or we could just draft all the idiots. It might not stop terrorism…but it will both cut down on the amount of idiots and the amount of threads they start. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/3 "2015-01-21T17:55:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Or we could just draft all the idiots. It might not stop terrorism…but it will both cut down on the amount of idiots and the amount of threads they start. Why would you want to go fight terrorists? I thought you were a pacifist. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/4 "2015-01-21T18:05:07Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > Why would you want to go fight terrorists? I thought you were a pacifist. Anyone who can look at two posts and can’t figure out that the misogynistic OP is the one that started the thread _definitely_ qualifies. Grab your helmet and your boots, grunt-you’re in! ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/5 "2015-01-21T18:18:39Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Anyone who can look at two posts and can’t figure out that the misogynistic OP is the one that started the thread _definitely_ qualifies. > Grab your helmet and your boots, grunt-you’re in! I didn’t say the OP didn’t qualify, but under your proposal you might be in for some surprises is all I’m saying. ---
**Author:** ![Sciency](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Sciency](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sciency)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/6 "2015-01-21T20:50:52Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Or we could just draft all the idiots. It might not stop terrorism…but it will both cut down on the amount of idiots and the amount of threads they start. Damn man we’re gonna miss you. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/7 "2015-01-21T21:00:44Z")
> [@Sciency](#): > > Damn man we’re gonna miss you. It took you over two and a half hours to come up with “ditto”? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/8 "2015-01-21T21:07:13Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > I didn’t say the OP didn’t qualify, but under your proposal you might be in for some surprises is all I’m saying. As might YOU. > [@Sciency](#): > > Damn man we’re gonna miss you. We sure wish we could say the same about you. Have a nice trip. Please. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/9 "2015-01-21T21:07:23Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It took you over two and a half hours to come up with “ditto”? It probably took 2 years to come up with that as the crucial line in _Ghost_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/10 "2015-01-21T21:24:40Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Or we could just draft all the idiots. It might not stop terrorism…but it will both cut down on the amount of idiots That’s pretty much the reason Pope Urban II called the First Crusade. True story. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/11 "2015-01-21T21:27:35Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Or we could just draft all the idiots. Why would we send you? You wouldn’t make a very good soldier. The moment someone looked at you funny you’d be huddled up crying in the corner. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/12 "2015-01-21T21:35:34Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Why would we send you? You wouldn’t make a very good soldier. The moment someone looked at you funny you’d be huddled up crying in the corner. We _all_ knew **Drunky** would show up-he really can’t help himself…but I was really hoping for something more than another weak “ditto”. Where are the incoherent and off-topic blatherings we all know and love? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Krav\_Manga](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krav_manga/32/3153_2.png) [@Krav\_Manga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krav_Manga)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/13 "2015-01-21T21:43:19Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Or we could just draft all the idiots. It might not stop terrorism…but it will both cut down on the amount of idiots and the amount of threads they start. You’d be appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under this policy. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/14 "2015-01-21T21:46:22Z")
Y’know, **Drunky** , I’m generally against the idea of having a “thumbs up/thumbs down” option on this board, but I could see why you could find it very useful. That way, you could just a post a thumb instead of going through the trouble of saying the same stupid thing someone already said. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/15 "2015-01-21T21:47:29Z")
> [@Krav\_Manga](#): > > You’d be appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under this policy. Did you read the link in the OP? ---
**Author:** ![Krav\_Manga](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krav_manga/32/3153_2.png) [@Krav\_Manga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krav_Manga)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/16 "2015-01-21T21:50:13Z")
Yes General. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/17 "2015-01-21T22:06:06Z")
Back to the actual topic at hand(ignoring The Usual Gang Of Idiots)-Is that really how you feel about women, **Sciency**? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/18 "2015-01-21T22:15:28Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Back to the actual topic at hand(ignoring The Usual Gang Of Idiots)-Is that really how you feel about women, **Sciency**? Be nice, we’re going to be the idiots backing you up on the battlefield sir. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/19 "2015-01-21T23:08:23Z")
I question whether the OP has actually seen a woman before. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494/20 "2015-01-22T00:15:31Z")
Spike Milligan wanted to drop Cleaning Ladies onto Berlin in WW2. ‘Now, now, I’m not having all those men in jackboots marching through the Reichstag over my clean floors! Stop worrying about your silly Stalingrad, Mr Hitler, and I’ll bring you a nice cup of tea and a cheese roll for Mr Goering’. (Paraphrased from memory, because I don’t have the book to hand). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494.md?page=2)