I had a feeling this was the case.
My comments on the thread covering the original People magazine article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3341380/posts?page=33#33
This sort of thing will continue until we put a stop to the politicians who are benefiting from this nonsense.
I thought it was a lie from the very beginning. Our Military leaders answer to "Die Fhurer" (misuse of gender adjective is intentional) and so they will do whatever he tells them to do whether it hurts the force or not.
Women are not men. Men are not women.
Even women that want to be men (Chaz Bono) and men that want to be women (Caitlin Jenner) Are still just surgically mutilated women and men.
No amount of political correctness or desire by women to change reality will change that reality. Women are poorly suited both physically and emotionally for most aspects of military life and particularly unsuited for combat.
The inclusion of women into the armed forces has not made us a better prepared or increased operational military effectiveness. The inclusion of women in combat and close combat roles, particularly special forces rolls will not increase combat effectiveness but lower it and put others as well as whole missions in danger.
Same holds true for homosexuals and cross dressing freaks.
I heard a slightly but significantly different version from several sources, including a skeptical and non-political officer at Ranger School. My understanding is that the women were selected as the most qualified and fit women in the Army, so they may not be representative of how the average Army woman might perform, and that they were given extra training before arriving there, just as many men have received extra training or time off for training to prepare for Ranger School. They were, however, measured against the same benchmarks as everyone else once they were physically at Ranger School, including when recycled.
Based on first-person sources that I will not identify in more detail, I believe that their Ranger tabs are legit. I just hope the Army continues to uphold Ranger standards for women who are not in the “first class of women”.
“Obama is going to have his photo-op. That’s an order!”
“Yes, Sir!”
We need to purge the entire general staff and start over.
Turning Ranger School into a Joke just like the Joke of a Commander In Chief
Active Duty ping.
I learned in junior high that if you want acceptance and respect from your peers, it has to be earned; it cannot be mandated. Some are incapable of learning that stark truth.
In a hostile environment, quaint can get you killed.
5.56mm
Winning wars is secondary to political correctness.
Don’t think that Vladamir Putin and Xi Jinping will ignore this important development.
The only question is whether they will stop laughing long enough to do anything about it.
are there any rangers that qualified prior to 1992 on the boards? i’d be interested to hear the differences in qualifications. going through the requirements, it seems to focus on personal endurance and physical fitness and not physical prowess.
my impression of specops warriors is that they are extreme specimens, then again that impression was solidified in the 80s. these were people that not only could do sit ups, push ups, and run for a few miles... but could do it while in full gear while kicking your ass.
i’m wondering because if the qualifications have changed from prowess to fitness, then women should be able to pass as they’re only struggling against themselves and not some massive object (like carrying a 200 lb log)
thoughts?
So now for the next step. Once a few more women”pass” it will be determined that there aren’t enough to satisfy the PC gods. Word will come down from the White Hut that there will be a certain percentage of women Rangers, reality be dammed. It will turn earning a Ranger tab into getting a participation ribbon and a juice box.
A Ranger Tab is now as prestigious as a Nobel Peace Prize
THE NEW RANGER SONG
I see by his outfit that he is a Ranger.
You can see by my outfit I am a Ranger too.
We see by our outfits that we are both Rangers.
If you get an outfit, you can be a Ranger too.
Army officials vowed to pass at least one of them before the course even started.
Valerie Jarrett’s “military.”
Two cousins are army rangers.Both say that the whole idea of the Rangers is no longer viable. After these first two, there will be many more women and the units will be reduced in effectiveness as the women must be catered to. Their commanders are preparing the units for the changes to accommodate the women who are simply not men. When the units receive female members the men are to ensure that the women perform identically to the men. In other words the men have to slow down and carry less.