[monday]

“So you're saying that military personnel cannot be trusted around women during trying circumstances? Doesn't say much about them, does it?”

Women are a distraction. In a perfect world men and women would lose their sex drive when they went to war. This however, isn't a perfect world. Combat causes enormous stress as it is. The military doesn't need the additional headaches caused by co-ed troops.

Mating is difficult enough for civilians in peace time. Mating during combat just adds additional and unnecessary stresses to an already stressful situation.

[Non-Sequitur]

Women are a distraction. In a perfect world men and women would lose their sex drive when they went to war. This however, isn't a perfect world. Combat causes enormous stress as it is. The military doesn't need the additional headaches caused by co-ed troops.

OK, so you boot all your women. You're faced with replacing about 20% of your headcount. Where you going to get it from?