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Let us send our daughters to die in battle for the sake of gender neutrality!
http://themattwalshblog.com ^ | January 3, 2014 | Matt Walsh

Posted on 01/04/2014 7:31:55 AM PST by NKP_Vet

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To: MortMan
These two women, whom I thank for their service, are part of the problem - they are NOT part of the solution.

How old were they? I submit they were more "girl" than "woman." Only a little girl would perceive the military as on the same level as Community College. (Or little boy, for that matter).

101 posted on 01/04/2014 1:13:49 PM PST by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: NKP_Vet

Malia and Sasha first.

If it was right for Bush, then it’s right for King Barack the Mad.


102 posted on 01/04/2014 2:37:52 PM PST by DPMD
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To: Finny

I was being polite heh.


103 posted on 01/04/2014 5:46:46 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: NKP_Vet

On 20 November 1943, during the horrific fighting on Betio atoll during the battle of Tarawa, two Japanese tanks mounted a counterattack against the fragile Marine toehold on Red Beach 3. The Marines were huddled there at the base of a seawall in the face of withering fire from Admiral Keiji Shibasaki’s fanatical Japanese Naval Landing Force defenders who were slaughtering hundreds of their comrades in Betio Lagoon during 76 hours of some of the most savage fighting in the history not only of the Marines, but the US armed forces.
Marine anti-tank gun crews were trying to figure out how to get their 912 lb 37MM M3 antitank guns over the 7 foot plus seawall. The battery commander ordered his 5 man crews to LIFT them over. Being Marines who always obeyed even seemingly impossible orders, they did EXACTLY that and promptly knocked out the tanks. They then engaged several enemy bunkers whose dual purpose guns were repeatedly knocking out the approaching landing craft and put them out of action. Finally they routed a local counter attack of 200 or so Japanese against the south shore of Red Beach 3 with canister shot, all of this at a critical and precarious point in the landing.
Whats that about upper body strength being not as important in modern warfare anymore and that women are just as likely to be able to do the job of combat infantry?

I mean no disrespect to the female perssonnel of the US Armed Forces who have served and ARE serving their nation honorably and well. I respect them as fellow vets and comrades in arms. Policy decisions are above their level for the most part.
But as a matter of POLICY, I think that women should be excluded from the armed forces for the most part, with a few exceptions and COMPLETELY from combat and most combat support roles, particularly when the armed forces are a small percentage of the total population, as is the case now. The use of significant numbers of women should be reserved for large scale mobilization as was the case in WWII. The population base is more than twice as large now as then and there would be no problem securing a sufficient number of qualified men with appropriate incentives for such a relatively small armed forces.
The advantages for the armed forces, particularly the Army would be greater flexibility as to how personnel can be deployed in combat emergencies and other contingincies and a lesser logistical strain as involves clothing, barracks and housing, and innumerable other considerations that are exclusive to the maintenence of large numbers of women. I think morale and discipline would also be improved as well.
The courts have repeatedly ruled that the armed forces are exempted from many of the equal opportunity requirements of the civillian world, and for the very good and sufficient requirements that are unique to the armed forces. This contretemps is being propelled largely by the cultural marxist wing of gender equity feminism who wish for the placement of a leftist Chairwoman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The resultant detriment of the ability of the armed forces to fight plays no consideration in their calculus, other than as an peripheral side benefit.


104 posted on 01/04/2014 8:18:10 PM PST by DMZFrank
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To: MasterGunner01

And exactly HOW MANY females are able to pass the selection criteria for Infantry, Armor, or Artillery?


No idea. Just responding to to the claim that countries that allow women in combat roles, like Israel, aren’t fit to be called countries.


105 posted on 01/04/2014 10:32:43 PM PST by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

Both the former Soviet union and Israel do have females in combat support units, but not (so far as I know) in regular infantry, armored infantry, armor, or artillery units. All females in the Russian and Israeli armies are given combat training so they can defend themselves. They aren’t assigned to first line combat units that would be the first to engage aggressors. Both countries have prior experience in these areas and they won’t do it again unless there is a national emergency of monumental proportions.


106 posted on 01/05/2014 6:43:34 PM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: max americana

LOL


109 posted on 01/08/2014 4:32:20 PM PST by heye2monn
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To: Don Corleone

Didn’t know that. Surprising. I did not see the movie because I figured it was a bouquet to feminism.


110 posted on 01/08/2014 4:34:14 PM PST by heye2monn
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