Posted on 12/18/2004 1:34:07 AM PST by huac
"Officials Ignore DoD Rules, Congressional Notification Law"... "The United States Army plans to force female soldiers into land combat units, despite current regulations and a law requiring prior notice to Congress. CMR has learned that some Army leaders believe there might not be enough male soldiers to fill the new “unit of action” combat brigades. They are therefore making incremental changes in policy that will soon force young unprepared women—many of them mothers—to fight in land combat."
(Excerpt) Read more at cmrlink.org ...
She knows that the ultimate goal of the feminazi elitists is to force a draft that includes drafting women and to force women into combat roles because such actions will kill two of their hated birds with one stone: the family and our US military strength.
Ms. Donnelly has won respect for her battles in this area down through the years when many were silent or lacked the courage or the intellect or the gumption to fight.
But one wonders if she has gone to the people in charge with these concerns first. IF so, and if what she is reporting is true, then there is cause for concern and action, no matter who is President.
But as always there is always more than meets the eye and piling on the "Bush Pentagon" at this particular time unless all other avenues of complaint are exhausted does not seem in the best interest of solving the issue.
The differences between the second Bush Administration and the Clinton Administration, which preceded it, are far less significant in the fight to preserve Western values in general and American values in particular, than are the similarities. This report should outrage and disgust every Conservative, but some who need to defend almost anything labelled Republican, will doubtless try to defend what is going on.
The issue here, however, is infinitely larger than anything related to Democratic or Republican politics. At stake here is the whole Chivalric tradition, hammered out over more than a thousand years, on the battle fields and in the thought centers of Western Man. Of course, most ancients understood the same principles.
For those who embrace the intellectual quackery which would pretend that sex roles are unimportant, I challenge you to answer my argument in The Feminist Absurdity. For all, who would uphold both common sense and traditional values, I urge you to let your voices be heard, at every opportunity.
William Flax
Who, or what, is the "Center for Military Readiness?"
www.cmrlink.org
It's a small organization ran by Elaine Donnelly. All she cares about is common sense and what's best for the troops. Check it out.
The Center for Military Readiness has issued a CMR Policy Analysis of the Army’s latest plans, and sent it to President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, House and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairmen Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and John Warner (R-VA), Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and other high-level civilian and uniformed officials in the Departments of Defense and the Army. That document is posted on CMR's web site at the link provided at the end of this article.
In response, the Army issued a three-sentence non-denial that tried but failed to conceal the truth. (See link posted here.) With all of the controversy about whether there are enough troops in Iraq or not, it is disheartening to see officials of the US Army planning to send female soldiers into land combat. The same people who retained counter-productive gender recruiting quotas to meet Clinton-era social goals are now forcing unprepared female soldiers to pay the price for their short-sighted, poor judgment. In doing so, they are knowingly compromising combat efficiency in the new unit of action combat brigades, which don’t deserve to be saddled with unprecedented social burdens in a time of war.
Americans who care about men and women in the military, and oppose policies that will make their jobs more difficult and more dangerous, should call or write the Chairmen of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA, 202/225-5672) and Sen. John Warner (R-VA, 202/224-2023).
President George W. Bush, who can be reached through the White House Opinion Line, 202/456-1414, should be asked to intervene immediately to bring the Army back into compliance with law and policy. Forcing female soldiers into land combat should not be allowed to stand as the first major policy change in President Bush’s new administration.
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There seems to be an awareness that the "Bush Pentagon" is not made up only of "Bush appointees" but continues to be stuffed full of Clinton holdovers who just may still exert some influence.
Frankly, I agree with these concerns wholeheartedly but think the title including "Bush Pentagon" is ludicrous.
I agree with you that the problem most certainly started with Clinton (as so many problems do). I'm 100% behind GWB and fully support SecDef Rumsfeld. That being said, I have no problem with Miss Donnelly saying "Bush Pentagon". The fact is that no matter who originated this problem it is indeed in CinC Bush's Pentagon now and he can easily solve it if he so desires.
I am suprised that no one yet has commented on the statement that "equality" now should mean having the equal ability to survive combat. So inferior strength or speed or ability is not the problem, it is the ability to survive that makes it unequal, and therefore discriminatory to the female. unbelievable.
Female soldiers should not be forced to participate in deliberate offensive or defensive actions on land, under conditions where they do not have an “equal opportunity” to survive, or to help fellow soldiers survive."
Once you let the camel's nose under the tent, you are soon sleeping in camel doo-doo. This was predicted by everyone with a lick of sense. Given a battlefield like Iraq with no front line, how could it be different once you open up most of the military specialties to women.
But the feminist fringe wanted equal 'everything' including the equal right to die for their country and now its happening. Remember that the 'right' of women to fly combat fighters was settled some years ago.
O what a brave new world we face.
Now that I have had my say...let 'er rip.
As for females, I am against it, period. Their role should be limited in number and in scope. During Korean thingy, there were always bodies available to fill slots when needed. With women, that is not true and is evident by the military calling up individual reservists, some over 50.
Does Free Republic enjoy seeing men and women cut each other off at the knees?
I believe there is more animosity toward women than anywhere else.
Can you macho, chest-beating, knuckle-dragging men even see what you are posting? A lot of you belong in an Arab country, where you will find you perfect female bashing buddies to help you fluff up your egos when you talk about controlling your "WOMAN".
ok...
You get my vote for best ragtime rant today.
For a lot of people the truth stings, sorta like rubbing salt in an open wound.
Yes, Just as it stung you when presented with the truth that women should not be combat soldiers. ;o
An opinion with which I wholeheartedly agree.
Where did I state that women should not be in combat?
You didnt specifically, rather you beat around the bush in post 54.
Then again, maybe I misread.
If so, what then was post 54 actually about?
correction, post #72.
I didn't post #54....look again.
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