Don't worry, Cruz, I'm sure your daughters will never serve, just as you did not

[kpete]

“I have to admit, as I was sitting there listening to that conversation, my reaction was, ‘Are you guys nuts?’” Cruz said, according to Politico. “Listen, we have had enough with political correctness, especially in the military. Political correctness is dangerous. And the idea that we would draft our daughters to forcibly bring them into the military and put them in close combat, I think is wrong, it is immoral, and if I am president, we ain’t doing it."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/new-hampshire-primary-2016-live-updates/2016/02/ted-cruz-women-military-draft-new-hampshire-218910


for Ted Cruz, who never served in the military, both Kerry and Hagel are dangerous peaceniks who cannot be trusted. Cruz, who has quickly earned a reputation in Washington for serving up Michelle Bachmann-style red meat to the right-wing crowd, didn't elaborate on his statement on stage and ducked out of the conference without fielding questions from the media.
http://prospect.org/article/chicken-hawk-ted-cruz-smears-kerry-and-hagel

When Cruz was of enlistment age, he groomed himself to be an anti-elitist “small government” conservative by attending Ivy league schools where he was a debate champion and then ladder-climbing in the GOP establishment, first clerking at the U.S. Supreme Court and then returning to Texas to work as a special prosecutor. Cruz could have honed his military credential in the Gulf War, Bosnian War, Kosovo War, War in Afghanistan and Iraq War. Instead, his chosen weapon is a verbal barb.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/meet-5-gop-chickenhawks-who-want-to-send-troops-abroad-but-never-served-in-the-military/

Rachel Maddow called out the “brass” of Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz for claiming that decorated veterans Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) don’t support the military. Why? Because Senator Cruz has never served in the military.
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/01/30/rachel-maddow-gop-sen-cruz-thats-brass-senator.html



Cuban Peers Dispute Ted Cruz’s Father’s Story of Fighting for Castro
The elder Mr. Cruz, 76, recalls a vivid moment at a watershed 1956 battle in Santiago de Cuba, when he was with a hero of the revolution, Frank País, just hours before he was killed in combat.

In fact, Mr. País was killed seven months later and in a different place and manner.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/us/politics/cuban-peers-dispute-ted-cruzs-fathers-story-of-fighting-for-castro.html

[jehop61]

1. Can't stand Cruz

But you must be aware we haven't had a draft since 1969 or so. Lots to dislike about him, but not that particular point.

[davidn3600]

3. Men are still forced to register for the Selective Service, women are not

[katmondoo]

2. I am against it too

If a woman wants to volunteer that's fine. Many of us are just not capable and would be a hindrance and a danger to other more able women.