Army Chief of Staff Endorses Women 'Warriors'

NewsMax.com ^ | April 14, 2005 | Dave Eberhart

[zzen01]

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker strongly defended the inclusion of female "warriors" in the armed forces - and the growing number of female casualties.

[Txsleuth]

I am not as worried about the female casualties, as I am the male casualties because they are having to fight with the females---(I am a female)

[white trash redneck]

There's nothing else Schoonmaker could say after Tailhook. Pity Admiral Kelso.

[jordan8]

Remember the Granny Guard in Atlanta? More of the same fantasy.

[Free and Armed]

"I am not as worried about the female casualties, as I am the male casualties because they are having to fight with the females---(I am a female)"

I agree. It's no insult to say women do not make good soldiers, just as men do not make good mothers.

[tomball]

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker is a brave man. Most of the women I've met become "female warriors" at least once a month, and the rest are on a round-the-clock jihad. One could only imagine the mental state of the officer whose job would be having to train an army of real She-ites.

[longtermmemmory]

When did shoemaker get up in the ranks? From these incompete statements he sounds like a clinton holdover.

[Last Dakotan]

From these incompete statements he sounds like a clinton holdover.

He sure knows how to brownnose the PC crowd.

[Avenger]

Stupid, stupid idea. The military should be for fighting wars not for making various groups feel better about themselves. Women have many virtues and strengths but in general fighting in combat is not among them.

[Clock King]

Bucking for that Chairmanship of the Joint Chiefs, eh?

[FeeinTennessee]

I agree Avenger, and I'm female

[FeeinTennessee]

Wonder why CBS doesn't report female casulties during their FALLEN HEROES report on the CBS Evening news? I think it has to do with the fact that CBS fears the majority of America will get uneasy hearing her daughters are being killed in Iraq, just as the guys are. And will not support females on the front lines. It all comes down to being PC with our military, the agenda some are trying to push. I don't support it one bit. I'm female, we shouldn't put females on the front lines. Leave it to the hard core men to do the job.

[Starwolf]

We attended a boot camp graduation for my nephew recently at Ft Jackson. A member of his company was "warrior of the cycle" and was a female. Asked him what he thought. His comment was that she was better in PT and shooting than anyone else and was still a nice person. He figured she deserved it. I then asked him if that was typical of the other female recruits. He shook his head and said "not by a long shot"

In a way his experience matches my own. Individual variability can easily exceed a group norm or predisposition, but as a whole, averages rule

[Apercu]

Females DO NOT BELONG IN COMBAT ARMS.The general is an example of what PC does to that vanishing commodity among our so called leaders - common sense.