[CyberCowboy777]

New equipment and tactics are thoroughly tested and only implemented when deemed necessary. You will notice how long we continue to use the same equipment - we desire the best possible situation.

Why is it necessary to have women in forward positions? When already know the unintended consequences.

[discostu]

You should look up the history of the F-111 before claiming new equipment is thuroughly tested and deemed necessary before being implemented. Crappy plane from start to finish that accomplished nothing more than killing huge quantities of our airmen. As for new tactics, generally they're invented on the fly, there's no way to test new tactics except in the field and the most likely cause of their inventing is that some general is tired of throwing away lives the same old way.

We don't already know the unintended consequences. If we already knew there'd be a body of empirical evidence to work from. There's scant evidence as to what happenes when you put women in the front line, it's rarely happened but on occasions the results have been very good (Russia in WWII, Joan of Ark). We know what YOU think the consequences will be, as you pointed out in your first post we don't have the evidence to make a sure decision.