Why are we sending Teenage Girls into the Battle Zone?

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[discostu]

Was reading it, but thanks all the same.

[PISANO]

Why are we sending.............

Thank the Democrats in general, X42, NOW and all the FEMI-NAZIS!

[clamper1797]

Why are we sending any woman into the battle zone ????

[Non-Sequitur]

So none of you guys have a problem with sending teenage girls into combat zones?

Why not? We send teenage boys into combat zones.

[Reagan Man]

Are you for real?

Those who join the American military are well aware of the risks involved in choosing the profession of waging war.

If you can't take the heat, stay away from the fire.

Life itself, is not without risk.

God Bless America

[oscharbob]

Any young man or woman going into the military know what the possibilities might be........going into military war action is just one of those possibilities.
Male or female.....they should be honored for their bravery!


oscharbob

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Was she drafted?

[cincifuerst]

I have a problem with you questioning her intelligence. I rather doubt that she joined up not knowing the possible dangers. She is obviously and intelligent young woman with career goals. You are degrading her by suggesting that she was too ignorant to know what she may be in for.

[optik_b]

I think this is an example of what feminism has led to.

[Hodar]

I seriously doubt President Bush would like his daughters to be in the combat zone. I don't understand the military reason for having teenage girls sent into the combat zone.

You are correct, we should just give them a paycheck, train them for combat, promote them into command positions... then never let them see combat because they might get hurt. < /sarcasm>

The purpose of the Army is to enforce the will of the US gov't, it is a noble and honorable profession. This 'teenage girl' knew well (better than most) what her job will entail, the risks and the dangers. She volunteered, and she took the oath. Now, are you proposing we give her special priviledges that we do not extend to teenage boys, simply because she is a girl?

[LizardQueen]

What struck me about both the women captured/killed from the 507th was their job titles - one was a cook and the other was a supply clerk. What the heck were they doing out in a convoy of mechanics in a war zone?

If their skills were actually applicable (like truck driver, mechanic, engineer, whatever) it would have made a little more sense, but I still don't understand the reason they were there in the first place. And I'd still be as confused even if they were men with those job descriptions.

LQ

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Because American teenage girls make better soldiers than the regulars of about 90% of the globe.

I'm damn proud of them, and think they do a hell of a job.

[dennis1x]

something tells me that they volunteered for an adventure....

[zerosix]

Unfortunately, the failure of the Government Education System, this girl and others like her are told:
It's her right to join the military;
She will get a free education; and most importantly
The U.S. Military is not now nor will be at war!

Maybe now, through the tragedy of what has happened to this girl and many others like her, females but more importantly their families, will understand the actual cost of a free education!

[PatrioticAmerican]

" That goes with the terrritory, right?"

Actually, no. Most young kids joining are thinking about the job, training, benefits, etc., while not thinking that they might actually go into combat. Besides, talk of combat is a good thing to most in the Army, even though they would fear it if it came.

It will be interesting to hear how many girls got pregnant or had other excuses to stay behind, as happened in the first gulf war.

[optik_b]

Why not? We send teenage boys into combat zones.

Call me a chauvinist but I don't have nearly as much problem with our brave young men going into the combat as our young girls.

[Centurion2000]

You can thank Clinton for that ....

[Consort]

Any person in the miitary has a right to fight for their country. Cut the crap.

[breakem]

wild guess

[Jim Noble]

>>Why are we sending Teenage Girls into the Battle Zone?<<

Our people are in the grip of many false ideas and delusions. A small amount of progress has been made since 1994, and we are gaining ground as I write this.

But there is no doubt that the fantasists and spinmeisters still have their hands around Lady Liberty's throat.

This poor girl is their victim, as was Kara Hultgren, and many others we will never know.