[Luke]

The military has one job: To win wars. Winning wars means killing the enemy, and seizing real estate. And you don't do that while protecting coeds with flowers in their helmets.

You got that right!

[dark_lord]

On the other hand, I like the fact that the Arabs have to deal with the fact that we had girls on our team and we kicked their ass. Hey, Fedayeen! Our women can beat your men without smearing their mascara! Haha!

[GovGirl]

Hey, I'm all for women in the military. The male soldiers need to just be trained to deal with a different situation.

There's a Psych study done by (I believe)the DOD, which described how when women were involved in figthing, the men wouldn't leave the fallen body of a female. The men were overly protective of the women. Meanwhile, the same study detailed how physiologically women were better suited for Sub and Flight duty.

Just something to consider. I think there's a world of things women can take that men can't even conceive of. We're a lot stronger than men think. Jessica Lynch is someone I see as a role model for women in the military, not a reason to exclude us.

[Servant of the Nine]

As long as they have different standards for women, or lower "Unisex" standards so that women can meet them, the whole idea of women in combat is a joke.

Feminists have to come up with some women who can meet the original mens standards, and want to, before there is even anything to discuss.

So9

[hattend]

Watched the reality series "Boot Camp" on the History Channel.

Cameras followed 6 Army recruits (3 women, 3 men) through Army Basic Training. Most of the stuff pointed out above came out in that series. What was interesting is the women and the men trained together (when I was in "co-ed" AF basic [1977] we still trained separately)

Women aren't built for combat, physically or emotionally.

[TheSpottedOwl]

I agree that women don't have the same body strength as men; however we are more resolved. We are also meaner than guys. A woman can machine gun the enemy, she can fly a plane, she can drive a tank, so even though I don't approve of women fighting on the front lines, I know that we can do the job.

As for the other stuff, why not segregate men from women? Ooooops, nevermind....

[OOPisforLiberals]

A friend of mine was telling me a story he heard about psy-ops in action during the war. Essentially, US forces cranked up the loudspeakers on their vehicles - asserting essentially that Iraqi men were "impotent", or something to that effect.

Apparently it would cause Iraqi soldiers to just fly into an undisciplined rage : losing all sense of formation/order/tactics. They'd simply rush right into the guns. Even guys trying to use human shields would just drop them in anger and charge.

Talk about outclassed.

[ppaul]

BTTT

[Jeff Gordon]

Give it up. Move on. There is no story here.

Women are part of military now. The woman haters are being weeded out of the military. Within the decade women will be in combat units.

End of story.

[Ben Bolt]

Oh goodness .. The 1st time I heard those words I was at a Led Zeppelin concert . I think I'm better off lurking this thread ;)