I’ve seen females in the military who did a darn fine job. I’ve seen males who were worthless.
Basing someones merit on their gender is foolish. yes ansell you are a fool.
I support nothing Obama does. If you disqualify her because she was nominated during his administration then you must disqualify every military appointment made in the last 4.2 years.
Which puts you back in the fool category and not worth any more time.
You have more faith in the left, Obama, and the feminization of the military than I do, and you are willing to pretend that females are equal to the real warriors and that they meet the same standards.
What combat leader would not want to replace his man warriors with a shorter, lighter, weaker, sicklier, less aggressive, slower moving, more terrain limited, reduced distance traveling, hygienically vulnerable, smaller weight carrying, more prone to injury, version.
He would have to rewrite all the knowledge and experience, of what his troops are capable of and reduce all that accordingly, and simply eliminate some capabilities entirely, but a fair enemy would not seek to capitalize on those advantages of course, would they?
In the meantime, I wonder if Americans have forgotten that if we lose in a major war, we disappear from the future, forever. It seems that many Americans are starting to see war as a sporting event, where you can win or lose, but it doesn’t really change anything.