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I have visited Paris Island. I have seen the two obstacle courses, one for men and one for women. I could have done the women's course, but there is no way that I could have done the men's course. And yet the feminists tell us that women soldiers are just as capable as men?

I met some Royal Marines when I was working in Norfolk VA a few years ago and they had a female Corpsman. Do they go into battle with females Corpsmen? These Marines that I am speaking of protected her fiercly from the American Marines. No doubt they wouldn't risk their own lives to protect her in battle.
As a side note, remember how jubulent Feminist were when Shannon Faulkner was admitted and removed from the Citadel? It is all symbolism to them-no substance!

I agree that upper class feminists who argue women can be equally good soldiers as men are full of horsemanure.

But women have always been in the support services--read your history: (not all "camp followers" were hookers: Most cooked and cleaned and sewed and cared for the sick and wounded).

And when things got rough, these women could take up the sword and fight. I was astonished to read that Cortez's army in Mexico had a couple of women, and one was such a good swordsman that she frightened their attackers when cornered.

It's interesting to read ancient history and find these women in the footnotes of wars. So things haven't changed as much as you think.

As for women warriors: Women are rare in combat because armies that have had women in these positions find a high pregnancy rate. Ten percent of Russian women fighting on the lines in WWII were pregnant when captured. (about the same pregnancy rate as women in the US services in the Gulf war). Women with a gun are equal to a man; women with a big belly are less mobile.

Except for Queen Isabella of Spain, who had nine kids and ran a war against the Mores when seven months pregnant...

I don't like the idea of women in combat, but right now probably isn't the time to argue this issue.

The military women that I have met are determined, motivated, patriotic soldiers and nothing ought to be said which might demean the fact that these young women are risking their lives for their country because they want to and they believe in America.

When the shooting's over, though, it might be a good time to re-examine this policy of putting women in harm's way. Let's have a forum where they put Pat Schroeder, who was the author of all this, on TV with the parents of these brutalized women soldiers.

or a wounded Shoshana

That one has two small children ---even if we decide sending young girls into combat zones is a good idea, we should question if mothers should be there or if it's not better for mothers to stay close to their children.