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To: QT3.14

Well, it is true that there are many jobs in the military that can be done by women just fine. Driving a truck or a tank or a mortar track. Sighting in a mortar platoon, and even dropping don’t take a lot of strength. Logistics, intel, and of course all the REMF roles. Army Corps of Engineers does mostly construction running earth moving equipment and surveying tools that women can operate perfectly well.

Infantry is the worst use of women on a battlefield. The men around them will worry about them, hit on them, fight over them, and morale will go to pot when women are injured or killed.

I do wonder how much welfare a military draft would eliminate, though. If welfare ended after 6 months and then you either have to get a job or drafted, I suspect most welfare recipients would find a job. The ones that ended up in the military might actually learn some discipline and life skills while not costing us any more than they did collecting welfare.


17 posted on 04/27/2016 8:08:25 PM PDT by Kellis91789 (We hope for a bloodless revolution, but revolution is still the goal.)
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To: Kellis91789

The progressives and feminists assured us there would never be a draft for women. They lied. What will they lie about next? At church, everyone is shaking their heads about transgender bathrooms.


18 posted on 04/27/2016 8:19:23 PM PDT by Ciexyz ("You know who gets hurt? The people who worked hard, lived frugally, and saved their money."- Trump)
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To: Kellis91789

Sorry Kellis91789, but a lot of the jobs you referred to entail a lot of upper body strength. Truck, tank, and track drivers all pull maintenance on their vehicles as well as resupplying the ammo and fuel in said vehicle. Don’t really see some 105lb girl working a breaker bar to replace a track on a M1A2 or Bradley, or replacing a blown tire on a LMTV or 5 ton truck. Same with “sighting a mortar platoon” Base plates, mortar tubes, and bipods actually got some weight to them as well as humping the rounds...I guess the men can do all that, and the woman can just direct. Sorry, it doesn’t work that way. This PC nonsense is gonna bite us in the a$$ big time.


25 posted on 04/27/2016 9:47:33 PM PDT by mikefive (RLTW)
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