[A2J]

There is a lot of talk about how this will weaken the military and cost lives, but I am not seeing that happen.

You will see it when the liberals push for more than equal rights for women in combat to the point where women will outnumber men on the battlefield.

The one thing that levels the ground between the abilities of the sexes to wage war is the technological advances of precision bombing.

However, are you confident that a majority-female division can successfully fight a majority-male division in the absence of such technology?

I'm not.

[HairOfTheDog]

You will see it when the liberals push for more than equal rights for women in combat to the point where women will outnumber men on the battlefield.

That is paranoia. No one is pushing that, and if they did, they would be shot down. We are talking about the few women who wish to choose this as a vocation. This is a volunteer military. There no need, and no push, for drafting women to the point of numerical equality. Only the chance to fight where they can.

And I agree... it is the technological advances of fighting war with big metal machines and remote control devices that has opened the door to women serving on a very level playing field. If we were still fighting war only with swords and maces, we would not be having this debate. We are talking about modern war, with modern demands, that some women are quite capable of meeting. Muscle is not un-needed now or ever, but it isn't the only skill needed anymore.