Having served with women in a combat zone and I disagree. If we fall into the trap of not being able to ‘bear to see them hurt’ then it is our own fault that we are weak. We shouldn’t twist things around and place the blame around onto the women who volunteered to put themselves in harms way.
I believe it was an Israeli, who when asked about women in their combat military, because the common conception at the time was that Israel had a need to adopt such a policy, who said that any nation who would put their women in harms way, this way, could not call itself a civilized nation.
I personally see absolutely no reason for women to be anywhere near combat. Though the reason(s) given in this article would be sufficient reason, there are others. Who has not heard the phrase, a team is only as strong as its weakest link? Pretty self-explanatory, I would think.
The defense of our country, the number one job, by far, of any country, is not a place for playing games. Abu Gharib, was nothing but a few reservists getting their sexual jollies at the expense of POWs. Nobody seems to want to get this rather obvious point. Would there have been such an incident if there had not been a woman present on that particular scene. That little lark cost this country quite dearly.
I have a son in the thick of it over in Iraq and I worry a great deal. It is quite bad enough that a group of deranged animals from the 12th century, would dearly love to see him harmed, without our own PC military injecting dangers, totally unnecessary, into the mix.
An excellent point. However, I'm not sure Americans are strong enough to watch a woman get beheaded or raped on video. Of course our media, not wanting to inflame our passions would refuse to show us the video and would go back to broadcasting Abu Gareb pictures so as to inflame our enemies' passions. Go figure.
“If we fall into the trap of not being able to ‘bear to see them hurt’ then it is our own fault that we are weak. “
So....we should exploit our own weaknesses?