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To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes
Female soldiers eyed for combat; Army seeks end of 1994 ban...

Call me old-fashioned, but women don't belong in combat. And as unpopular as this sentiment may be in this "modern age," I don't think they belong in the military either.

I suppose I'll get flamed for that, but what the hell. I call 'em the way I see 'em.

5 posted on 10/21/2004 9:34:00 PM PDT by Prime Choice (The Leftists think they can tax us into "prosperity" and regulate us into "liberty.")
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To: Prime Choice
You should get flamed. My sister-in-law met her husband when she was a nurse at China Beach and he was a medevac (sp?) pilot. Banning female nurses from the military is pretty ridiculous.
15 posted on 10/21/2004 9:38:58 PM PDT by You Dirty Rats (WE WILL WIN WITH W - Isara)
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To: Prime Choice

Not to flame you.... but as a "woman" in the Army, I can tell you females DO belong in the Army. Just like females belong in the police department (which I belong to in my real life), in the fire department, and in every other place but the kitchen. I do agree that females in combat would pose serious problems. I see it now, when some of the males I serve with, especially the older males, get protective. And in talking to them they say that they can handle watching a male die, but watching a female die would be so much harder. Maybe some of the more masculine females could handle it, and we have QUITE A FEW of those in the military. I just think combat in itself is a stressful situation, so why add to it just for political correctness?


28 posted on 10/21/2004 9:46:08 PM PDT by ThaLeena
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