Posted on 02/09/2012 8:03:54 PM PST by true believer forever
“I think that could be a very compromising situation, where people naturally may do things that may not be in the interest of the mission because of other types of emotions that are involved. It already happens, of course, with the camaraderie of men in combat, but I think it would be even more unique if women were in combat,” Santorum added. “And I think that’s not in the best interests of men, women or the mission.”
Such remarks may please some social conservatives who were never that keen on women serving in the military, but this may not sit well with women who work, sometimes in male-dominated jobs.
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You call Santorum’s remark, an “anti-woman soundbite”, yet the former House speaker, Newt Gingrich, ALSO does not favor women in direct ground combat units, and his words were much more pointed.
Thanks for the note.
The difference is in how you value women and children. My wife and kids are the most valuable thing I have. I would die for them in a heartbeat but not before putting up one hell of a fight.
Muslims put NO value in women or children.
I’m female, and I support Newt. That said, there’s nothing wrong with what Santorum said. I’m sick of people pretending women are not different from men. Women do not belong in combat for a number of reasons.
First, I am not convinced that in the heat of this campaign, we are getting a good, unbiased history of things; I lived through the 1990s, so I have some first-hand knowledge of events, and much of what I read now doesn’t really match, and when it doesn’t, it “surprisingly” is always in ways that advance the cause of whatever candidate is telling me the history.
Is Lindsay Graham making an “admission”? It is an equally consistent interpretaion that Lindsay sees Newt as a lot less conservative than he was in the 1990s, and therefore he likes Newt as a candidate more, and so he is just saying things that help Newt. Lindsay Graham was once respected as a conservative, and he changed, and as I said, his pronouncements now are seen with some degree of skepticism.
Of course, the argument about whether Newt should have been “forced out” or not in the 1990s isn’t high on my list of things I care about in this election. I’d rather judge Newt on the things he actually did, than on things that others were trying to do to him.
Its not like he needs to brandish his social cred (which is unquestioned), so one wonders at his apparent lack of discipline. In this respect, he is much like reflexive left wing idealogues like Jesse Jackson, who can't really help themselves sounding the rallying cry for permanent government dependencies and racial inequalities.
Politifact roundup Gingrich denied any knowledge of the robocall, despite his campaign claiming responsibility for it.
The military should have a set number of women, probably around 10%, and they should be in support roles, the exact same way they were in support roles for the majority of this country’s existence. No way a woman should be near combat. A country that sends it’s women to fight it’s wars should be ashamed of itself.
The argument for women in combat is it only takes 5.5 lbs of pressure to pull a trigger. Most soldiers ride where they want to go so upper body strenght is a moot point.
You may not approve of Rick's choice of words or presentation skills, but he gets it.
So that they can get some cameo combat experience to enable them to leapfrog over men for military promotions. This will make the feminazis feel good about having more women bossing men around.
Compromised missions and dead sisters, mothers, daughters and girl friends is just too high a price to pay so a few feminazis can have a power trip.
So that they can get some cameo combat experience to enable them to leapfrog over men for military promotions. This will make the feminazis feel good about having more women bossing men around.
Compromised missions and dead sisters, mothers, daughters and girl friends is just too high a price to pay so a few feminazis can have a power trip.
I think a lot of women in the Marines and Army will not re-up. The AF and Navy will not be affected much because they have very few ground combat units.
They want to cut 80,000 troops anyway.
I don’t remember the name, but it was “mainstream” news.
“What matters is that this meme that is now emerging on Santorum as a fringe kook...mean to boot...will soon be dominant.”
The media will make ANY Republican look like a mean, fringe kook if they threaten Obama. Doesn’t matter if you nominate moderate McCain or milquetoast Romney, as soon as they are the nominee against Obama, they will be tarred as a kook. Doesn’t matter if there is not a single statement on record that makes the candidate look kooky, they will find people who knew the candidate who will say that they said something kooky, just like they’ve done with Palin. We need to stop falling for it.
imagine the nerve of this hick saying that women are different than men! that perhaps there is something inappropriate about putting a woman in the line of fire!
This is one reason why women and gays shouldn't be in combat.
Oh, WOW! No one has ever said that about me before!
Thank you!
Sometimes, when I see a wrong doing in process, I get a tad aggressive. But, it’s only because something wrong was going on.
Normally, I’m a pretty nice gal. ;o)
It’s nice to meet another like minded person.
Apparently that statement was just a load of bull chips. You gave it a valiant effort though.
“...they have been taught since childhood to protect their sisters, their female cousins and women in general.”
That is exactly what Santorum was talking about. Not women’s emotions, but men’s emotions, and how they were raised to protect women.
You left out their mothers. ;o)
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