[A CA Guy]

Women make great pilots and should be on all of the front lines of Islamic conflict since they believe their souls and afterlife are ruined if killed by a woman.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

*Some* women make great pilots. Some don't. Women theoretically make better marksmen because they have more precise fine motor and observation skills. The study conducted by the USMC a couple years ago found that, regardless of theoreticals, females made markedly inferior shooters under real world conditions. No women belong anywhere near the front lines regardless of who we're fighting against. You can't pull women in and out of direct combat roles (a role women are NOT suited for anyway) depending upon the inane beliefs of whatever enemy we're facing. Simply defeating the enemy using the best men for the job is sufficient.

I want to qualify my statements by saying that I've never been in combat. My dad, judging by the CAR he picked up somewhere in his 20+ year career, was involved in combat operations, and he is of the opinion that women belong nowhere near the front of any conflict, or even in immediate support of any conflict. A former co-worker of mine, who served multiple tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan as an Army Ranger, is of the opinion that women belong nowhere near the front of any conflict.