[tet68]

I'm thinking of things like the Kokoda trail or the
retreat from the Chosin Reservoir, the troops on the
trail had dysentery so bad they split the pants up
the back so they could shit as they marched.
In Korea it was so cold the troops couldn't stop
so they had to crap their pants as they pulled out.
Not hygienically safe for women. Aside from the purely strength issues.

[cherry]

when men start having bloating and then bleed every month, or carry a 8# pound baby inside for several months, and then have to push that baby out, with pelvic bones actually thinning out to be able to do this, please get back to me about how much women can put up with....

countless stories in history how women survived horrible conditions and men did not... they have less muscle mass, and and bone mass, and can survive hunger and thirst for longer than men...

okay, so we're against women in combat...lets stop making ridiculous arguements.....

why not just make the main arguement...its men's job to be in combat and to fight and protect their country and women and children....

[NKP_Vet]

My uncle was there with the 1st Marine Division. It was -37. It was so damn cold the lubrication froze and many M-1’and 2’s would not fire. They were never worth a damn in cold weather. Morphine froze before it could be put in syringes. Almost every soldier and marine that was there suffered from frostbite, some for the rest of their life. Hundred had to have their feet amputated. Dead bodies were frozen and the only way the bodies could be put on a truck was to chop their limbs off like firewood and stack them on the truck. Korea was hell on earth. No way in 40 hells any woman could have went through the hell of the Chosin Reservoir.

http://www.kingsacademy.com/mhodges/03_The-World-since-1900/09_The-Cold-War/09b_The-Cold-War-Comes-to-Asia.htm