WEDNESDAY PDB – GOING ALL IN – Yes, women should be part of the military draft. “You've come a long way, baby” – but not far enough, according to Democrats in the U.S. Congress.
LET THEM GET DRAFTED – SEE HOW THEY REACT TO DEMOCRATS THEN.
Senate Republicans were angered by the Democrats' proposal last week that would require women 18-26 years of age be automatically enrolled in the Selective Service System (commonly known as “the draft”).
The NDAA passed by the GOP-controlled House of Representatives required that all 18-26-year-old males be automatically enrolled in the Selective Service System, but Senate Republicans pushed back at the Democrats' proposal to do the same with women.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) called the idea “insane.” He added, “They [women] shouldn't be forced to serve if they don't want to,” overlooking the fact that men could be required to serve “if they don't want to.”
(In 2021 a divided Supreme Court found male-only conscription to be constitutional.)
It may be too soon to tell if the amendment survives, but it's time to prepare for conscripting women in a time of war or national emergency.
In 2013, all combat roles were opened up to women. Now, two of the uniformed services, the Navy and the Coast Guard, are commanded by women. Women also command the U.S. Southern Command and the U.S. Transportation Command, both four-star general positions.
DRAFT TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS, TOO.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here's a roundup of today's other top defense stories from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President's Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL'S DAILY
BRIEFING – the PDB:
HOMELAND SECURITY
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange pleads guilty to publishing US military secrets in deal that secures his freedom. The deal with Justice Department prosecutors secures his liberty and concludes a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about press freedom and national security. (RELATED: Tucker Carlson Defends Assange, Who Enabled Espionage Against US)
Marine veteran pleads guilty in neo-Nazi plot to damage power grid. The final defendant in a group of five former military members with ties to white-supremacist organizations pleaded guilty this week to weapons charges.
PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
Joe Biden to pardon veterans convicted under regulation used to keep LGBT members from serving. The White House says the move will impact thousands of military veterans.
MEANWHILE – Pentagon's request to dismiss lawsuit from LGBTQ+ veterans denied. This suit over what advocates call “discriminatory paperwork” noting their discharge from the military over their actual or perceived sexual orientation.
GO TO A SUPERMARKET! – Democrats push Pentagon on birth control for service members as defense bill looks to ease access.
POLITICS
PARTISAN VETO – White House says Biden would veto spending bills for Defense, Homeland Security and State. The White House has issued a trio of veto threats against the first set of spending bills the House is scheduled to vote on, dismissing each proposal as “partisan bills” put forward by Republicans.
ISRAEL WAR AGAINST TERROR
IT'S A WAR – UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without improved safety. The ultimatum is the latest in a series of U.N. steps demanding Israel do more to safeguard aid operations from strikes by its forces and to curb growing lawlessness hindering humanitarian workers.
Lebanon gives tour of Beirut airport to refute arms claims, amid fears of war with Israel. Officials took more than 100 foreign diplomats and journalists to its only international airport to refute a British newspaper report alleging it was storing Hezbollah weapons.
US POWER OVERSEAS
OORAH! – Marines make first landing on renovated WWII airfield in the Pacific. The Marines recently landed their first fixed wing aircraft on a recertified airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu, which jarheads captured after brutal combat in 1944. (RELATED: 5 Forgotten Facts About D-Day You Need To Know)
‘Small detachment' of Marines to arrive on Guam this winter. This, as the island prepares for thousands more transferring from Okinawa.
US Army's new precision missile hit moving target in Pacific exercise. It fired its newly fielded Precision Strike Missile from the Pacific island of Palau and engaged a moving target at sea, the first time the weapon has been used outside of the US.
GIVE IT UP – BIDEN BOONDOGGLE – US military takes another stab at aid delivery from floating Gaza pier. This, with U.S. soldiers within shouting distance of Gaza's bombed-out coast.
Two B-52 bombers fly rare mission in support of SOUTHCOM. The bombers from Barksdale Air Force Base flew a mission in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility last week, a relatively rare trip below the equator.
CHINA THREAT
Chinese subsidies for drones, chips put US at risk, House panel says. The select committee is scheduled to hear testimony on Chinese practices in the drone, semiconductor, shipbuilding and steel industries.
IRAN THREAT
Iran is picking a new president. Here's what to know. The Islamic republic's supreme leader — the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — maintains direct or indirect control of all branches of government, as well as of the military and the media, not the president. However, the next president will control religious requirements and dress restrictions — this, in a country recently rocked by protests demanding freedom for women in the theocracy.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Pentagon head speaks with Russian counterpart for first time over a year. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with Russia's defense minister — the first such conversation in 15 months.
Biden administration moves toward allowing American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine. This, to help the country's military maintain and repair US-provided weapons systems.
IT'S A WAR – NOT A WAR CRIME – International court seeks arrest of Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian power plants. The ICC issued arrest warrants for Russia's former defense minister and its military chief of staff, the third time the global court has accused senior Russian leaders of war crimes.
THESE ARE WAR CRIMES – Russia tortured Ukrainians in Crimea, rules European court. Russia is guilty of torturing, beating Ukrainian nationals since it occupied Crimea in 2014, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.
Year after failed mutiny, Russia tightens grip on Wagner units in Africa. Moscow has largely taken over the African operations of the paramilitary group, once led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed after leading an insurrection against Vladimir Putin.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
Suspected North Korean hypersonic missile exploded in flight. This, as North Korea protests the regional deployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier for a military drill with South Korea and Japan.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Expanding extremist groups in Africa fuel worries that they could attack the US or Western allies. Violent terror groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group are growing in size and influence across Africa. (RELATED: Woke Watch – Disgraceful Lefty Actions On ‘July 4th' And Terrorism)
SAUDIS NEED TO PICK A SIDE – China, Saudi military cooperation on ‘fast track' as top defense officials meet. Two of China's leading generals met the Saudi defense minister in Beijing Tuesday as part of a stepping up in military cooperation between the two countries
Kenyan police are leaving for a controversial deployment in Haiti to take on powerful, violent gangs. Hundreds of Kenyan police officers will lead a multinational force against the deadly gangs who recently helped bring about a change in government.
Armed with quantum sensors, France eyes leaps in electronic warfare. The French Navy took delivery of its first serial-produced, quantum-technology sensor this year, a quantum gravimeter used for mapping the seabed. Future uses of such sensors could be for navigation or detecting enemy submarines.
US MILITARY
National Guard soldiers field-test Next Generation Squad Weapons. The 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team became the first Guardsmen to field-test the service's new system.
DARPA announces a new flying-wing reconnaissance X-Plane: XRQ-73. Its newest “X-plane” is an autonomous flying wing reconnaissance aircraft prototype with extra-quiet propulsion that is expected to fly this year.
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