[metalcor]

That is so profound I am at a loss. The facts are what is the reality on the ground today in Iraq. You may not like it, I may not like it, but some females are filling positions and doing it well and are deserving of appreciation and respect...if you are opposed, get yourself, your son, your nephew, the neighbor kid and take HIM down to the recruiter's office. With recruiting shortfall's of 40%, women are going to be doing more out of neccessity.

[zarf]

With recruiting shortfall's of 40%, women are going to be doing more out of neccessity.

I agree with you here. The Army needs bodies. The training standards and physical requirements need to be lowered to allow women in combat and I expect it will happen.

[Balding_Eagle]

...if you are opposed, get yourself, your son, your nephew, the neighbor kid and take HIM down to the recruiter's office.

This is EXACTLY what the DUmmies post too.

[leadpenny]

That is so profound I am at a loss.

LOL

This kind of thread produces opinions, as well it should.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

You may not like it, I may not like it, but some females are filling positions and doing it well and are deserving of appreciation and respect...

I don't believe that women belong in combat, and the facts ... including the actual experience of such forces as the Israeli army ... bear me out. To opine so does not put me in the position of those who disrespect the people who are already there, any more than the fact that Clarence Thomas was the recipient of racial benefits stay him from taking the opposite side in the dispute over them. Two separate concepts; two separate arguments.