Posted on 01/24/2013 5:03:38 AM PST by John Leland 1789
There are many purposes behind the feminists [lefts] efforts to restructure the military, but you can be sure that greater national security is not one of them. ~ David Horowitz, National Review, October 5, 1992
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Not to mention that women have periods. So they’re in the heat of the battle and start bleeding and having severe cramps. “Oh, excuse me, boys, while I go and powder my nose.”
No civilized country sends their women into combat.
(Well, I mean, unless there’s a big mud puddle involved...!)
The purpose of the military is to win battles, kill more of the enemy than they kill of us and ultimately defeat the enemy through attrition of combatants/equipment or through shear will power!
It is NOT about equality! If it is about equality, then why do only OFFICERS get to fly jets? How is that equal to the enlisted men?
There is nothing “equal” about combat! The each side will attack at the weakest point and will scrutinize any perceived flinch and will use EVERY SINGLE ASPECT against the other to be victorious! Our enemy doesn’t “play fair” or only shoot at the armed or only attack the well defended, which means we must have better trained, more equipped and FULLY FUNCTIONAL soldiers at the front lines, otherwise, the rear-lines will see MUCH MORE combat than at any other time in American history!
This is a failure of leadership by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They are too busy trying to curry favor with the President than to stand and explain the purpose of the military is about winning wars with the least amount of American casualties! This decision will lead to more deaths of more Americans and the Joint Chiefs of Staff will NEVER admit that it was due to these asinine “equality” changes!
I pray for America’s future!
Considering that we try not to leave people behind, the weaker will inhibit the stronger from accomplishing the mission.
When the female’s endurance limit is reached, the troops will have to help them forward.
Makes the situation more dangerous and disadvantageous for the forward troops overall.
Exactly the type of thing the commie in chief appreciates.
And, loosely along these lines, I was wondering, when the O’s danced w/military folks at the inaugural ball, did they select gay service members?
The ability to draft our daughters and put them on the front lines to die in foreign wars and pointless peacekeeping missions along with our sons does not strike me as progress.
When I first heard the serious proposals of women in combat in the 1990s, I thought it was a liberal way to make people want to oppose war - because you don’t want 19 year old pixies getting blown up.
The military isn’t ‘the military’ anymore.
To the government, it’s just another government job. It’s like a larger version of the post office, just with higher operating costs.
To the American people, war is a sporting event. Hopefully we win, but if not, it was probably nothing big. The ref was blind, bad calls by the coach, maybe need to shake up the roster a bit, but hey, better luck next war!
To the generals, war is what you wage over your budget and your political fiefdom. Victory is clawing your way up from Assistant Vice Deputy Post Commander to Vice Deputy Post Commander. Defeat is being passed over for promotion.
In short, whatever you remember (or imagine) about the military is gone, and what’s left is about to shrink. Of course, it won’t be the bureaucracy that shrinks. They’ll cut troops and tanks before they lay a hand on a desk. That’s just where we are now as a nation.
Then it is NOT an OPTION, for some to “choose”.
They will go where they are ASSIGNED!
Men can’t “decline” front line service.
Then neither can women.
IDIOTS!
To the government, its just another government job. Its like a larger version of the post office, just with higher operating costs.
To the American people, war is a sporting event. Hopefully we win, but if not, it was probably nothing big. The ref was blind, bad calls by the coach, maybe need to shake up the roster a bit, but hey, better luck next war!
To the generals, war is what you wage over your budget and your political fiefdom. Victory is clawing your way up from Assistant Vice Deputy Post Commander to Vice Deputy Post Commander. Defeat is being passed over for promotion.
In short, whatever you remember (or imagine) about the military is gone, and whats left is about to shrink. Of course, it wont be the bureaucracy that shrinks. Theyll cut troops and tanks before they lay a hand on a desk. Thats just where we are now as a nation.
Spot on assessment, unfortunately.
What do feminists think is going to happen to female soldiers captured by islamic terrorists? Geneva Convention treatment? Yeah!
Allow me to opine; I so attest. I served in the Army, many years ago, when the Armed Forces initiated changes in physical training and testing of soldiers (for the more equitable treatment of women.)
Once upon a time, the whole purpose of Basic Training for soldiers was to take a mass of normal young men, subject them to a rigorous physical routine, and punch out as many quality militia men, within 8 weeks, as possible. One of the many tests of these new soldiers' abilities was the PT exam which consisted of the Inverted crawl, the Run-dodge-and-jump, the Horizontal ladder, Sit ups, and 2 mile run. If you took 100 typical, High School Seniors (men) and put them through the training regimen, the easily reached goal was to pass 85, or more, into combat service. In time of War, spitting out quality troops is essential.
Why, then, was this training and the rigorous PT exam eliminated? Because the women couldn't do it with anything approaching the men's success rate. Out of 100 women High School Seniors, maybe 5 could pass the test after training. The numbers didn't justify the expense and time for the amount of final product.
In the final analysis, the politicians reasoned that the problem lay in the training and testing, not in the conclusion that the women were too far away from soldierly expectations as to be impractical to mainstream with the men.
...”Not to mention that women have periods. So theyre in the heat of the battle and start bleeding and having severe cramps. Oh, excuse me, boys, while I go and powder my nose....
My sister was down with severe cramping every month. She was not able to do anything but suffer during those times. This is a move from hell for women, children and our nation. The diabolical have taken over and war is coming. At some point people will decide life is not worth living under the jackboot.
Great letter.
You are spot-on target with that. The purpose of this move is to make it politically impossible for us to send troops into combat ever again.
When they interview old 60’s radicals like Bill Ayers they always asked if they’ve changed their minds on anything since those days. And the most consistent answer is “in hindsight, I would not have ended the draft”, for that very same reason.
The next war will be all drones. No need for ground troops. The “front lines” will be 10,000 feet in the air. The only casualities will be the occassional drone shot down.
The “front line” troops job will be checking IDs at check points.
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