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First woman to join infantry regiment ...quits (UK) (truncated))
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| 5-26-18
| Mark Nicol
Posted on 05/28/2018 6:06:11 AM PDT by dynachrome
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Full title: "First woman to join infantry regiment since defence chiefs lifted ban on females serving in combat units quits after two weeks admitting she underestimated the 18-week course"
To: dynachrome
“There was pressure on her instructors to help her to pass the course. I think the RAF wanted good PR out of it.
Just loosen the requirements like the US does.
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posted on
05/28/2018 6:07:45 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
(When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
To: dynachrome
It was very sexist of the Brits to demand that the woman do everything the men had to do after she demanded to be let in after telling everyone that women could do anything that men could do.
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posted on
05/28/2018 6:12:04 AM PDT
by
Bryanw92
(Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
05/28/2018 6:13:03 AM PDT
by
EEGator
(The best part of freedom of speech is it lets one know who the a-holes are...)
To: dynachrome
What is it that Israel does? They have been very successful in that goal for quite sometime now.
To: Robert DeLong
Women aren’t equal to men anywhere in the world. Israel is just so small that it needs everyone. The UK certainly does not.
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posted on
05/28/2018 6:17:06 AM PDT
by
EEGator
(The best part of freedom of speech is it lets one know who the a-holes are...)
To: Robert DeLong
What is it that Israel does? They have been very successful in that goal for quite sometime now.
—
As border guards, not front line combat troops (that was a failure).
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posted on
05/28/2018 6:17:41 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: dynachrome
They should not loosen the requirements. If a lady meets the requirements, then she deserves to be on the team. Most men (me included) can’t meet those requirements, so it is no shame for a lady to try and fail.
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posted on
05/28/2018 6:25:18 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
To: PIF
That makes sense. Heck, a lot of men cannot measure up.
To: Robert DeLong
Israel tried women as frontline troops, it failed, they reversed the policy. Women can serve as "combat troops" only in two border guard battalions. 2015 Israel evaluated their policy on women in combat and decided to keep women out of combat units.
Unlike the US and UK, there is an iota of common sense in IDF leadership.
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posted on
05/28/2018 6:31:43 AM PDT
by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
( Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
To: EEGator
Women arent equal to men anywhere in the world. Well there may be a few that can best a surprising number, but none can best every man. For sure. Men are the physically stronger sex. Just a fact of life. Social engineering can not change that fact no matter how hard they try.
To: Cronos
I disagree. I'm not a vet, but my dad is and I've worked with many combat vets. All said the same thing; no woman can ever truly be part of a combat unit. Even a female who meets the physical requirements will never be part of the brotherhood-bond that is essential to a combat unit working.
That aspect is equally important to the physical standard (and it has already been shown women cannot meet it unless the system is rigged for them a la mommy ranger or standards are dropped), and no matter what PC leadership say or do, they cannot change it.
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posted on
05/28/2018 6:35:07 AM PDT
by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
( Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Perhaps we can get them to guard our borders. 8>)
To: EEGator
Women can be equal to men as pilots, and other jobs that are not physical (the average man will always be physically stronger than the average woman - that’s genetics - but a woman can be smarter than a guy and many are
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posted on
05/28/2018 6:37:43 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
To: Cronos
I was being a bit sarcastic. Heck, lets loosen the requirements enough that a wheelchair person can be in combat roles.
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posted on
05/28/2018 6:40:39 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
(When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
To: dynachrome
You mean all I had to do was admit that I underestimated the course? That’s all I had to do all along?... Dammit.
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posted on
05/28/2018 6:46:22 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: dynachrome
More Western societal insanity.
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posted on
05/28/2018 6:53:54 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: DesertRhino
You mean all I had to do was admit that I underestimated the course? lol
What if they gave a war and everbody realized they had underestimated the difficulty?
To: dynachrome
Generally, women do not have the upper body strength of men. In many ways, women are not men and it would be intellectually dishonest to say otherwise.
Political correctness in the military will get people killed.
To: dynachrome
There are significant physical differences between males and females.
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posted on
05/28/2018 7:03:41 AM PDT
by
bk1000
(I stand with Trump)
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