[BenLurkin]

Example: If that had been three American women on the French train — would the gunman have been subdued?

[DuncanWaring]

Women will NEVER be ready for combat.

It is women’s place in life to give and nurture life, not to take it.

A society that sends its women to fight before it sends its non-shaving boys and cane-borne old men deserves to be destroyed, and will be by societies that do not make that mistake.

[Bryan24]

What a load of hogwash. A country that send it’s women to do its fighting is a country that will be defeated.

[KC_Lion]

Women don't belong in Combat.

And Neither do Men >:'(

What happens to our Women when some Derkastani Jihadi gets his blood up and finds one of our Women soldiers?

What Happens when a city is Sacked? You have more women raped than one would ever care to count.

[Secret Agent Man]

Still no.

Still, always no.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Dream on.

[Bryanw92]

>>women are capable of the combat skills necessary to fight alongside their male counterparts.

Then why do we have to listen to all the stories of “rape culture” in the military and on campuses? If women are ready for combat, then rapists should be the first to know.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Unlike the author, I served in the Army. He or she is full of it.

[Chainmail]

Claptrap. Having two women successfully complete Ranger School doesn’t in any way demonstrate that women can and should serve in combat. Two women out of thousands does not mean that all women can be infantry or even artillery personnel in the arduous world of direct combat.

Combat is killing and being killed. It isn’t a “job”; it’s a mission that cannot be diluted or distracted and still result in success. It’s already hard to get young men to learn how to fight and kill. Even with the best, hardest training, a certain percentage of men can never successfully do more than make noise and maybe survive.

Adding women to units will not improve combat effectiveness but more than likely distract and diminish combat effectiveness. Units that are less effective lose more lives and lose fights.

Will the families of the dead be grateful that we decided to put women into combat units?

[MarvinStinson]

Anu Bhagwati, a former Marine Corps Captain, is the founder of Service Women’s Action Network, which is a plaintiff in Hegar v. Carter, a lawsuit filed in 2012 by service women to repeal the combat exclusion policy.

[ClearCase_guy]

Do we understand the difference between men and women? Not today. But perhaps something will teach us the difference.
Do we understand the importance of character? Not today. But perhaps something will teach us the importance.
Do we understand the value of real leadership and responsibility? Not today. But perhaps something will teach us to recall these things.

I wouldn't really wish this on the country, but I will say this: We will not be a serious country again until we go through a horrible war and suffer something like a half million casualties.

We need a return to clear thinking and an appreciation of Quality. But that will not happen until we suffer, and come to understand what the lack of quality really means.

[PGR88]

Ok. Make an entire female battalion and send them to Fallujah or the Korengal

[MarvinStinson]

The NY TIMES is the mouthpiece for the Obama White House.

[Vendome]

A girl can dream...

[UCANSEE2]

The question now is whether to give women the opportunity to compete for coveted combat arms assignments, such as infantry and special forces.

COVETED ?

[Michael.SF.]

So a year ago the standards were lowered, 36 women applied, and now almost a year later two have graduated. Not sure how many others applied or how many others failed Ranger School.

Three Dozen woman apply to Ranger school

[FlingWingFlyer]

Straight from the mouth of Anu Bhagwati so it must be must be true. I wonder if Anu is ready to get her @$$ blown to bits while daddy is at home babysitting the kids. Myth my @$$.

[48th SPS Crusader]

But as of yet, none of these female warriors can legally be assigned to infantry or other combat arms billets for which they have proved themselves qualified

You prove you are qualified for combat by being in combat not going through school. That applies to men as well as women..

[Fungi]

There is one interesting note on human fertility and births. Look up the birthrate for male and female births and you will always find (99.99%) of the time that males outnumber females born by a ratio of 1.04 to 1. Ever wonder why? Go to the CIA website and peruse the birthrate for any country. Ever wonder why? I have an answer but in this day and time it will be considered sexist.

[Ann Archy]

Yeah,,,,,riiiiiiight. Then I want GIRLS to have to REGISTER with the DRAFT when they turn 18!!!! NO EXCEPTIONS! WHY do guys have to register when girls don’t have to??? NOT FAIR!!!