Panel says women should be allowed in combat units

Associated Press ^ | Jan. 14, 2011 | PAULINE JELINEK

[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.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Well, we need to make sure we inflict the horror of war upon women as well. Hell, let’s get kids out there too.

[Core_Conservative]

Just a matter of time

[muawiyah]

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.

[Bubba]

Stupid... stupid... stupid.

[RingerSIX]

Men and women are different. Commies hate that fact.

[submarinerswife]

When are women going to have to sign up for selective service?

We shouldn’t discriminate, now should we?

[Pan_Yan]

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.

[Pan_Yan]

When are women going to have to sign up for selective service?

Once they cross this threshold that will be automatic.

[BenKenobi]

Why is it always ‘breathing fresh life’ when they recycle the same tired arguments?

[Ole Okie]

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.

[Carley]

Oh nnnnnnnnooooooooooo what will cristingles say?

[Pan_Yan]

"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."

[WILLIALAL]

This is the continuation of a political correctness mindset that has infected the US military for the last 20-30 years.

[Stormdog]

“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.

[Retired Greyhound]

Every carrier now has a fully functioning brothel aboard.

Underground, of course. Big money, too.

[Elsiejay]

The long, slow, politically correct glide into national irrelevance.

[PapaBear3625]

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.

[MrDem]

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.

[BuckeyeTexan]

No, no, no, no! It’s wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.

Did I say no?