Women Don't Belong In Ground Combat

Eagle Forum ^ | June 1, 2005 | Phyllis Schlafly

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Imagine two young soldiers, one male and one female, sharing a foxhole..."

That's YOUR fantasy, FRiend. In the Real World, it's not like that. Those guys are your Brothers; not your Lovers. Yeesh.

And your DD214 lists your military combat experience as...?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"...must be something in the water up there...thanks for your service."

It's not the water, it's the milk, LOL! Builds strong bones and healthy bodies; and the fact that we Farm Gals are expected to WORK from the day we can WALK. ;)

Everything I've done since my 20 years in the military (I joined at 17) has been a Cake Walk. All of my female ex-military friends agree. The Real World is a Holiday compared to the time we spent (willingly, passionately, patriotically) in the military. ;)

It's been basically all 'down hill coasting' from there, LOL!

[familyop]

[Debunking myths about] Women in Combat
Online Articles (much information against feminist myths and about anti-family, anti-defense feminazi activities)

[porkchops 4 mahound]

AMEN!

[familyop]

You are correct. REMFs do it with their women like rabbits. Way too many of them are getting pregnant and expensive. Everyone knows it, but the Pentagon chicks continue to refuse to collect and issue numbers on that.

Women who serve outside of combat specialties are extremely valuable to our USA and always have been. But feminism does not work in combat specialties. To lose a war for such idiocy is "unthinkable" (doctrine from combat leadership training).

[CO Gal]

I personally rail against a female in ANY job where the standards of performance have to be lowered in order for her to obtain that job. I don't want someone who is visually impaired to fly an airplane, I don't want someone who is intellectually inferior obtaining admission into a medical school, and I don't want someone compromising our military because it makes the feminist happy.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Despite 225 years of witnessing the horror of wars fought by male American soldiers, there are still a number of idiots – mostly feminists who themselves will never have to face an armed enemy soldier – pushing lawmakers to drop a ban against allowing women in combat.

We should keep in mind that those pushing for women and homosexuals in the military, and women in combat, are the ones who wish us ill. Their desire is to weaken us in anyway they can. All too often even when they force through their malevolent ideas they turn out to be disappointed in the results. Americans of all stripes are very adept at turning lemons into lemonade and the liberals into pouters.

[brazzaville]

Good evening.
"If a woman can pull her weight all the power to her."

I think our technology has made it inevitable that women will serve in combat roles. I still think humping a rucksack isn't likely, but there is no reason a woman can't operate aircraft and other vehicles that put them in harms way.

I flatly did not believe women had a place on the battlefield until the WOT. Now, with some reservations, I can't see a battlefield without them.

Michael Frazier

[CO Gal]

I respectfully disagree. I believe men (especially American men) will put themselves or their unit in extraordinary danger in order to save a female. I believe it would damage a soldiers (male)psyche much more to witness a female being tortured/raped/killed then it would be for him to witness a fellow male in the same predicament. I DO NOT think the military should be the place where we play gender games.

[petertare]

Why do we not, as a general practice, commence regular beating of women here at home in order to properly toughen them up for combat duty? And the children---well lets just strip them of their mothers right now--get them off to some kind of immediate rotating foster care so they can prepare for the day when "combat mommy" does not return. Are we not a better people than to allow this to be done to children in our name?

If you want to see recruiting plummet, intermix these social promotion graduates in with the land combat force. Many soldiers, including my own would then understand that we clearly do not want the best force, but rather the kowed general career ladder climber Pentagon pc player composite real killing machine.

Females do belong in the military in every role they can realistically qualify. Some can bench press 300--and out chuck a backhoe--those with no children we can talk about. As a rule--just say no.

[brazzaville]

Good evening.

I'm of the opinion that a soldier is a soldier no matter the plumbing. There are roles in the military that women's bodies are just not designed to fill but, other than that I don't care if the gunship pilot who gets the bad guys off my back is female and I wouldn't try any harder to rescue her if she went down than I would if she were a he.

I believe most troopers will come to view it that way if they don't already. There is something special about the military today, something brought into being by the WOT, and nothing is going to be the same.

Michael Frazier

[CO Gal]

Hello back,

I do agree with you that the WOT changed ALL Americans, uniting us against a common enemy, but I still believe that the male/female dynamics could severelly compromise our troops. From what I understand about the military conflict in the Middle East is that there is A LOT of down time. If I'm a young, single person with nothing to do, then I'm going to smile, wink, flirt, fraternize with the opposite sex. Even if I have no intention on following through with my flirtation (& c'mon there are a lot of women who get pregnant in the military) I am in a sense playing mind games with my male counterparts. To me, it's an unnecessary game to play.

[Klatuu]

And your DD214 lists your military combat experience as...?

11B40 ... 2 tours in RVN, 1970 - 1972.
The scenario described nearly occurred in my platoon one night. Although instead of male and female soldiers, we had two homosexuals who couldn't keep their hands off each other. Fortunately, it was our platoon sergeant who caught them in their moment of lustful indiscretion and not Charlie.
I have the greatest respect for our men and women in uniform. But life in the combat zone isn't always exciting. There are periods when nothing is going on and boredom sets in. If you think that sexual activity between men and women in a combat zone doesn't have potentially serious consequences, you have your head in the sand.

[Bluchers Elephant]

I take personal offense to that statement as I support women both being in the military and, provided the policy of gender norming physical assesments is rescinded for combat roles, women in combat roles.
Your statement asserts that I wish to weaken my nation and its military. In short you have called me a traitor. Would you like to repeat that assertion, or would you like to use less sweeping statements next time?

[dakine]

"free healthcare"

Lost me here....

[Red Sea Swimmer]

The title of this article is correct !

[dakine]

Good reply...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Well, if you saw it, or were involved in it yourself, then I certainly can't dispute that it was your experience. It wasn't mine.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

The military covers your medical care while you're on duty. I consider that "free healthcare."

[Quinotto]

Thank God we won't hear from you again! My question to you is quite simple: what is YOUR military experience?