[Blueflag]

"women who couldn't pass the competence exams required of men were cleared to fly jets"

BS

Sorry, just BS.

We have zero incompetent fighter jocks. Yes, some are better than others, but NONE fail the competence tests and get to keep their wings.

Maybe he means the trash haulers flying the C-17s, but I don't infer that's what he means.

ANYPLACE in Irag can become a battlefield. Our brave women are over there at risk so that ANYPLACE in the US does not become a battleground.

The US dos NOT place women in combat infantry squads. Get over it dude.

Harrumph.


There, I feel better. </ rant off>

[grey_whiskers]

"women who couldn't pass the competence exams required of men were cleared to fly jets" BS Sorry, just BS.

It would be nice to see documentation, e.g. :

Listings of various requirements (physical, visual, reaction times) for pilots from 30 years ago, 25, 20, 15, etc., to see if the standards have changed.

Or raw numbers on military air crashes, broken down by location, circumstances, and sex, for military jets;

Or peer-review consensus among jet pilots

Cheers!

[CBart95]

Just another hysterical try by the Hate America liberal losers.

[JayAr36]

Since it is the military's job to kill people and break things then maybe someone can explain to me how women improve upon that. Women in the military is nothing more and nothing less then a social experiment by liberals

[Dogrobber]

Actually, a woman in the "cockpit" wouldn't really be a problem. It does not take extreme upper body strength or macho aggression to operate a complex fighter craft - it takes brains, nerve and speed. Those are qualities that women have and could bring to a fighter aircraft.

Regardless of Hollywood and the Pentagon, that is not true for ground pounders. Women, as a class, cannot cut it against men and men will do things women won't due in the course of combat. Sorry ladies, but you tangle with men - you will, on average, get beat. And that is what war is sometimes all about, calculated risk and statistical advantage. America gets away with having women in uniform on the front lines because our opponents are not all that good. If we ever hit an opponent who is that good, we are in for a bloody nose.