Posted on 01/24/2013 1:46:04 PM PST by Nachum
(CNSNews.com) – Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said it was “unacceptable” for the Defense Department to leak news about lifting the ban on women serving in direct combat positions prior to briefing Congress.
News reports on Wednesday citing “senior defense officials” said that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was lifting the ban, put in place in 1994. Specific details were not provided but it was reported that Panetta would make an official announcement on Thursday.
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As usual, outrage and “unacceptable” concerns, followed by NOBODY doing NOTHING.
Saw an ad campaign on tv about female soldiers — before the announcement.
Saw an ad campaign on tv about female soldiers — before the announcement.
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their reasoning:”women end up sometimes in combat roles anyway...”(media quote)
and people end up in fires some times, so let’s tell everone they’re fire fighters!
“not everyone can be a combat soldier, but everyone should have the chance”. (Panetta)
I guess Congress will need to involve us in even more foreign entanglements so EVERYONE gets their chance!
“they’re fighting and dying together already”.
yeah. at about a ratio of 1:500. make it 1:5 and then you’ll have the all-important “fairness” and “equality” they seek,right ? since they’ll never get the volunteers, that means a draft, right?
Here’s the thing...out of 1,000 young ladies to finish high school...barely a hundred will consider a career in the military, and at best...maybe eight of the hundred will consider options of combat professions within the Army or Marines. You’d have to make it through boot-camp, and then go through combat training...with a pretty tough physical situation, and at best...two might still graduate at the end out of the original 1,000.
The issue I see is that if you talk to Marines from WW II, who spent an entire month in one uniform and never showered...sometimes just stepping out of a 10-mile hike with 100 pounds of gear on them to relieve themselves...I don’t see many women stepping up to fit into this situation.
If you look....we’ve actually added more weight to what a typical Marine has to carry today....even more than in the Vietnam War. How will a 140 pound gal tote a hundred pound backpack? I think this will a tough gal who makes it to the end and can do all this. So if we do go and get fifty women a year into Marine combat positions...ok, I’ll accept that.
Congress is a rubber stamp anyway....
well, duhhhhh. It was leaked to distract from Clinton’s testimony.
I hate the word, “unacceptable.” If someone broke a rule say so - if a lie, use the word “liar.” - etc.
“Unacceptable” is too politically correct
STFU you limp-wristed pansy! When Barak the Omniscient wants your opinion you'll be asked, otherwise go sit with the rest of the worthless POS GOP and be quiet.
The “she” is not important. It is the fighting machine that is important and anything that has an adverse effect on the unit efficiency should be removed.
I saw it years ago when we first had to bring women into heavy industry. The women individually were OK. It was the mixing of sexes on crews. Some men are conditioned to be helpful to women and take on part of their work load. Some men are just sexually aggressive, some aren't, jealousy enters the picture, she is more attracted to one, many, many factors surface, and the mission suffers.
Check out the few countries that allow mixed front line units, like the Dutch, and you will find they are worthless as fighting units.
Who will pay for their birth control?
Congress wants to pretend they’re relevant? Isn’t that special...
Why aren't YOU leading!!?? Isn't that what you were ELECTED to do?? LEAD!!!Or resign....
And let's get someone in there that doesn't have anything to lose. As apparently you think you do!!
Well, what a surprise!
Women in combat is unacceptable.
My thoughts are that the LIEberal/Socialist/Marxist/Fascist a$$holes in charge are contrarians. That is, they are convinced that they can overturn centuries of social history and evolution (history proves what works and what does not work insofar as societal organization is concerned), and by force of arms re-order society.
They will fail, of course, but will not have to pay the price of that failure immediately.
We the People will pay the price of these dumbass attempts to re-order our society to the LIEberal/Socialist/Marxist/Fascist model.
I am convinced that in the long run, we conservatives will prevail, but in the short run, it is going to be a very rough ride!
At the end of that ride, the LIEberal/Socialist/Marxist/Fascist a$$holes will pay the ultimate price for their actions.
What an Army - from macho to queer with the stroke of a pen - now it’s lesbians take the point
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