(With little discussion or fanfare, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta lifted the ban on women in combat that has been in effect for as long as there has been a U.S. military)
Well there are several things wrong with this statement right from the get go.
1. There are and have been women in combat and many have been killed or wounded.
2.What Pannetta did right or wrong is lift the restrictions on jobs in the militarty
The 'ban' on women in combat law was instituted in response to the push to place women in additional roles that had the potential to involve combat situations much like the institution of don't ask don't tell (the supposed ban on 'gays' in the military) -it was the camel's nose in the tent that got us here.
Much like homosexual sex practitioners in the military were the exception women killed in combat were the exception --NOW however, they will be the rule.
See how that works -its called incrementalism. A typical leftist technique employed to progress from what is right to what is left.
I agree.