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Panel says women should be allowed in combat units
Associated Press ^
| Jan. 14, 2011
| PAULINE JELINEK
Posted on 01/14/2011 3:48:25 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A military advisory commission is recommending that the Pentagon do away with a policy that bans women from serving in combat units, breathing new life into a long-simmering debate.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: combat; dadt; genderequality; militarywomen
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Well, we need to make sure we inflict the horror of war upon women as well. Hell, let’s get kids out there too.
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
01/14/2011 3:51:34 PM PST
by
Core_Conservative
(No longer a Republican - A Proud Constitutional Conservative)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I was in the US Army Infantry. This woman is a nutbag. She should be gagged, tagged and sent back to some university's faculty lounge to lead drunken theoretical discussions.
Don't let her near national defense.
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posted on
01/14/2011 3:51:58 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: Free ThinkerNY
Stupid... stupid... stupid.
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posted on
01/14/2011 3:52:20 PM PST
by
Bubba
(Build roads (make that TOLL roads)... Fight wars and stay out of MY live. FRREEEEEEDOM!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Men and women are different. Commies hate that fact.
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posted on
01/14/2011 3:52:26 PM PST
by
RingerSIX
(My wife and I took an AIDS vaccine that they offer down at our Church.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
When are women going to have to sign up for selective service?
We shouldn’t discriminate, now should we?
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posted on
01/14/2011 3:55:14 PM PST
by
submarinerswife
(Stay focused and determined. Our destination is NOVEMBER!!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
The military started allowing women on combat ships about 15 years ago. For some reason they have been real quite about how many sexual harassment, medical or disciplinary problems they have had as a result. The numbers must be truly horrifying.
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posted on
01/14/2011 3:56:16 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
To: submarinerswife
When are women going to have to sign up for selective service?Once they cross this threshold that will be automatic.
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posted on
01/14/2011 3:57:13 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan
Why is it always ‘breathing fresh life’ when they recycle the same tired arguments?
To: RingerSIX
Men and women are different. Commies hate that fact.Yeah. Our enemies armies will laugh themselves to death when confronted with combat units consisting of Willie, Joe, Tina and Raquel.
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posted on
01/14/2011 3:57:32 PM PST
by
Ole Okie
To: Free ThinkerNY
Oh nnnnnnnnooooooooooo what will cristingles say?
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posted on
01/14/2011 3:59:47 PM PST
by
Carley
(THE MEDIA UNDERSTANDS CREDENTIALS BUT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND PRINCIPLES)
To: Free ThinkerNY
"The Armed Forces have not yet succeeded in developing leaders who are as diverse as the nation they serve," said the report, which also touched on recruiting and a range of other issues affecting the diversity of the force. "Minorities and women still lag behind white men in terms of number of military leadership positions."
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posted on
01/14/2011 3:59:47 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
To: submarinerswife
This is the continuation of a political correctness mindset that has infected the US military for the last 20-30 years.
To: Ole Okie
“Yeah. Our enemies armies will laugh themselves to death when confronted with combat units consisting of Willie, Joe, Tina and Raquel.”
Don’t worry, Tina and Raquel are safe; Willie and Joe are queer.
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posted on
01/14/2011 4:02:55 PM PST
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: Pan_Yan
Every carrier now has a fully functioning brothel aboard.
Underground, of course. Big money, too.
To: Free ThinkerNY
The long, slow, politically correct glide into national irrelevance.
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posted on
01/14/2011 4:06:22 PM PST
by
Elsiejay
(.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
The Israelis had experience with women in combat in their 1948 war. They did not allow women in combat after that. I've read a number of articles on it.
here's one.
What happens when you have women in combat is the men try to protect the women, at the expense of the mission. They will take risks to save women in trouble, resulting in a higher casualty rate. When women are killed, it has a much more serious impact on morale. Additionally, when women become casualties, the men become much more vengeful and liable to commit atrocities against the enemy in response.
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posted on
01/14/2011 4:08:23 PM PST
by
PapaBear3625
("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Panel says women should be allowed in combat units Hey why not? The guys can grab a quickie and relieve stress in between serious fighting.
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posted on
01/14/2011 4:09:48 PM PST
by
MrDem
(Founder: Democrats for Cheney/Palin 2012)
To: Free ThinkerNY
No, no, no, no! It’s wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.
Did I say no?
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posted on
01/14/2011 4:10:47 PM PST
by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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