Females had a chance to stand up and say that they didn’t want females in the Combat Arms.
The silence from females on this issue was deafening.
Females didn’t care, because they didn’t have to care. Only males have to worry about being involuntarily assigned to Combat Arms units containing females.
That’s why females care so little about the Defense Budget. They don’t see any benefit for them in an adequate Defense Budget. It is only men who can be forced to serve. Females don’t care if tanks are made out of paper mâché because they can’t be forced to ride in them.
Females had their opportunity to stand up and say that they didn’t want females in the Combat Arms, but they didn’t care enough to pay attention.
Welcome to the Infantry, ladies!
So, it is the obligation of veterans and our elected leaders to educate people on this issue -- to stand up and scream from the heavens when something stupid like this is about to happen. By linking women in combat MOS's with draft registration, these two generals have given us that wedge issue to get peoples' attention.
The old "well, you wanted it, you got it" routine can be satisfying. The problem is that ones who pay the price -- perhaps even with their lives -- are those who still serve in those combat MOS's.
We owe it to them to keep this fight going.