[optik_b]

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

[dennis1x]

no, i have a problem with letting teenage girls joining the military.

[elephant]

If you sign up for the military, you MUST think about the possiblity of war. That goes with the terrritory, right?

[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.

[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.

[rolling_stone]

I have a problem with it, but they want equality, equal pay for equal work you know.....defies nature's laws but that's okay I guess...would I rather have a man or woman watching my back, you figure it out...how many people know standards have been reduced so women can pass?

I guess times have changed from Rosie the riveter...IMO women can serve honorably & be of great value in other positions more remote from the frontlines..

[MineralMan]

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

Not if they're soldiers. No more than sending teenage boys into combat zones. They joined up voluntarily to be soldiers.

[pepsionice]

Some of these teenage girls...if you haven't met up with them...can beat the bejesus out of you...if you aren't careful. They aren't exactly fragle or typical teenage girls that you meet on the street and they say hi. They can pull a knife and cut you if they have to. They can fire on the run, and can operate a M-16 as well as most men. I think too many people have an image of a hometown girl in their mind. They don't realize the impact of boot camp and the soldier that graduates from boot camp. This is a volunteer force. If someone goes through bootcamp and graduates, then they deserve to wear the uniform and face the dangers. Its not for danty women or anyone with passive complex. If you have a major problem with this...then why not ask the next question...why allow teenage boys (18-19) to enlist. You could have the same image in your mind of them.

[BSunday]

I do. I don't look down on women and I'm not a chauvinist. I just think it is our job to protect them, not the other way around. I have nothing against women in support roles.

[jrawk]

Ok, I'll bite.

I do not want women in the combat zone at all. I really feel more emotion for the women POW in Nasyria than the guys(sp?) I think most people will have more sympathy for her than her male counterparts. You just think how they will treat her differently. I won't get graphic. It is human nature, you just see her as your mother, sister, wife, or girlfriend.

That sympathy turns to a loss of morale on the part of the citizens of the country. It get's in the way of the job to be done.

So yeah keep teen girls out of combat areas. Teach her to type, and put her in the Central Command. Put her in Mess. Put her in Intel, or a Radar Station. Put her on a Fuel Plane. Put her in an aide station. There are plenty of jobs in the military for women that don't make them POW targets.

But don't put her in the ground, where she can be captured by the enemy, or without her intent, pull on the genetic emotional strings of her fellow soldiers and employers. We have enemies who are all too willing to play that card. Let them be the ones hiding behind women and children.

I don't have military experience, so I could be way off. But hey you asked...

-- lates

[sit-rep]

volunteers? no... draftees, yes.

[ElectricStrawberry]

No problem with sending women into combat zones.
Just keep 'em outta the infantry and arty. Had some female medics attatched to Bn aid once in a while, but keep 'em the hell away from the grunts.

ES Wolfhounds!!

[blanknoone]

No, I have no problem with women in combat zones. We have a volunteer army, and they volunteered.
I do have a problem with forcing integration of the sexes where it is detrimental. There are some jobs that physically cannot be done by most women, and there are some roles where the problems caused by an integrated force are larger than the benefits. Sexually segregated units, even combat units, I am fine with.
Bottom line. The purpose of our Army is "to fight and win the nation's wars." Anything towards that aim, I support. Anything against that aim, especially social engineering, I oppose.

[Freedom4US]

I don't think *men* should be in the military either, but somebody has to do it, so let's do it right the first time with as few casualties as possible on our side, and maximum casualties to the enemy. In general, the feminization of the military is extremely ill-advised.

[Trident/Delta]

Let me clarify this brain-dead. Your ex-president ordered the military to integrate females into combat positions. It was made law. Do I agree? Hell no! But until the demo-idiots in congress wake up, it is the law of the land. Get real.

Semper Fi

[ought-six]

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

Call me old fashioned, a chauvinist, or whatever. I'm a Vietnam vet (U.S. Air Force) but I have a major problem with sending teenage girls into combat zones. But this is what Clinton and his feminist admirers had been insisting upon for years, and they got their wish. I shudder to think of our young MEN in the hands of these barbarians, but I'm sorry, the idea of a young GIRL like that at the mercy of those brutes makes me ill.

[DAPFE8900]

THe liberal feminazis dream comes true...But unfortunatly this girl is gone probably dead cause of the feminazis!
REMEMBER THE 507th!!!!!!!!!HURAH

[judgeandjury]

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

If females want equal opportunity, then they should be given it. So if we can send teenage boys into combat zones, then I see no reason why we shouldn't send teenage girls into combat zones.

[Leatherneck_MT]

I have a serious problem with sending Teenage Girls or young women into combat in any form. This will prove in the end to be one of the biggest mistakes our Govt has ever made. Don't try to strengthen your argument by saying that the Israelis did it. The Israelis did it because they had no other choice, they needed every last man woman and sometimes children to fight in order to survive an attack by 4 to 6 arab nations. They no longer allow their women into a combat zone.

Semper Fi

[Ditto]

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

We have been doing it for 2 centuries. Ever hear of Molly Picture? How about the hundreds of female nurses who spent 4 years in Jap concentration camps? Now with "equal opportunity" the teenage "girls" go to the same places as teenage boys, maybe not at the point of the spear, but not far behind. There is no reason an 18 year old female can't drive a truck just as well as an 18 year old male.

BTW. Once they take that step forward and take an oath to defend the country, I think we owe them the dignity of calling them men and women even if they are only 18.

[Claire Voyant]

She VOLUNTEERED!!!! Maybe you don't know the meaning of VOLUNTEER?? You probably don't know what "UNILATERAL" is either.