[mmercier]

>>> I've been okay with women in combat as long as they have the same training and meet the same physical standard (I know that they can meet the other standards) as the men. Other than that, I agree. Either take them out of Iraq all together or loosen the restrictions.



I have never been "okay" with the idea of women in combat.
The fact that our forces outstanding performance in Iraq gives me pause, but only momentarily.

If females engaged in actual combat operations is a coming reality, then America must be willing to see a young female captive in the hands of these savages appearing beaten, raped and tortured on all msm appendages, pleading for her life.

The Israelis learned this lesson. This is a morale killer that will cause vast number of casualties as our male souldiers attempt (anticipated) irrational action to free them in combat situations.

America is not ready for this, and the left is counting on that as a mechanism by which they can further erode our military capability.

[Mercat]

I thought that they had already done that.

[Aetius]

With Israel, didn't they experiment with women in combat during the 1948 war, and after deeming it to be a huge mistake, change course and keep women out of frontline combat units for then next 50+ yrs; so that, despite incorrect popular conception, women did not serve in their combat units in the subsequent wars and uprisings?

But didn't Israel just reverse course yet again a yr or so ago? I thought I had read where women now can serve in these combat units, but obviously there has been none of the large scale combat that the all-male forces faced post 1948.