I heard this on NPR this morning. Some military woman also came on and said it is “un american” to not allow women in all roles. So I start thinking about the revolutionary wars, the civil war, wwI and II and the Vietnam war. I’m thinking we didn’t allow women on Omaha Beach, in the belly of a B-17 or the trenches in wwI or any other war.
It sounds like it is VERY American to restrict how women can serve. Or has America changed? Do we no longer value our women as we once did?
We have something like 6 females from the NG armory in Jackson Michigan deploying to Afghanistan this week. They’ll be going out on patrols to deal with women they encounter since men talking to them stirs up the ants.
This pretty much says it all. It's not about defeating the enemy at all.
Within our lifetimes, the shower rooms on military bases is going to be like the shower room scene in the first Stormship Troopers movie.
I’ve spent the last 10 years of my Army career in the Infantry. Before that, I was a Cavalry Scout.
99 percent of women do not belong in the Infantry. A lot of men don’t belong either. The men who can’t hack it, we transfer them to different units or force them to change their MOS.
In this PC world, a women who can’t hack it in the Infantry will not be forced out.
Don’t get it twisted either; There are women who can outperform some men. But to open up the Infantry/Combat Arms to all women regardless of their abilities will be a disaster.
I’ve seen with my own eyes what happens when females mix with high testosterone driven units. I am not saying it’s the women’s fault either.
People like to compare other countries who have women among the ranks in combat arms. But the response to that is simple: None of those countries are tested in combat the way we are. There is a reason the USA is the greatest combat force in the world and it’s not from being politically correct.
...ducking under the desk...
Make ‘em sign up for the draft, too.
The Democrats must be scared. Every time they start having trouble, they trot out more homosexual rights, messing with the military and gun control.
Hey, Barry, how’s that economy doing?
Hmmm, so since they are already dying because we have allowed women in harm’s way, we should accept it and put them in combat positions so more will.
(I know that there is some use in using women to interview the Afghan native women, but I wonder how far we need to go to accommodate the locals in that regard, at times).
The reasoning reminds me somehow of the fact that I always thought the repeal of DADT would logically mean to go back to no homosexuality. Repeal just seems the wrong word.
All-American First Cavalry Amazon Battalion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahPwlOOKedg