[CholeraJoe]

How long will a nation be mighty if it sacrificies military readiness, capablitity and fighting strength in order to allow the misconception that a girl can do a man's job?

That's an incredibly offensive statement.

A major reason that the volunteer military has been successful has been the acceptance of females into the military mainstream. What would you do to meet the personnel needs? Bring back the draft?

[Smocker]

Cholera,

Girls don't belong on the battlefield. If women want to serve this nation in non combat capacities, certain accomodations should be made, not accomodations which harm the nations' military capacity to fight.

The politicians in Washington who ensured that Jessica Lynch and her friends Lori and Shoshanna, ended up on the battlefield, are emasculated men who have let females do their fighting for them. I have no respect for them, I don't care if they are democrats or republicans they are equally culpable for the shame of American women on the battlefield.
I view the feminists as equally culpable, lots of big words to send others to do what they themselves would not do.

[PLMerite]

"A major reason that the volunteer military has been successful has been the acceptance of females into the military mainstream. What would you do to meet the personnel needs? Bring back the draft?"

IIRC, the services reserve a percentage of slots for females and have to turn away male volunteers.