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Pentagon's women-in-combat push faces chilly headwinds
The Hill ^ | December 30, 2015 | Rebecca Kheel

Posted on 12/30/2015 9:52:39 AM PST by jazusamo

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To: jazusamo

Why are they such misogynists that they want to send people’s daughters to get drafted, raped, tortured, maimed, and/or killed overseas?

Seriously, how the hell does this benefit women in ANY way besides the ego boost? THAT is offensive if you ask me.


41 posted on 12/30/2015 10:37:45 AM PST by Shadow44
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To: jazusamo

If combat jobs are open to women, the draft should be open to women. See how many women push back about having to register for that.


42 posted on 12/30/2015 10:37:49 AM PST by PJBankard (It is better to be thought an idiot than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt.)
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To: mj1234

Another sign of American decline - common sense and standards thrown out of the window.

Equality is noble but isn’t much help when the reality is the only equality all of us have in common is the democracy of death.

Evil leftists are pushing along our country along the path to oblivion.


43 posted on 12/30/2015 10:39:51 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: phs3
"....There is only one way to have women in combat. Make sure it’s an all female company....."

I kind of like the idea of women at the controls of, say, an F-15 or an Apache helicopter.

Can you imagine an entire squadron of those gals...?

44 posted on 12/30/2015 10:41:37 AM PST by Victor (If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
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To: Victor

I should have mentioned that they should not be infantry.


45 posted on 12/30/2015 10:48:46 AM PST by phs3 (FUBO)
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To: jazusamo

If life were a John Wayne or Clint Eastwood movie, we would see the women in combat trailing behind in battles, after breaking the heels off of their shoes.

Real life results may vary but I doubt by much.


46 posted on 12/30/2015 10:49:48 AM PST by rhoda_penmark
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To: oh8eleven

Homer used the words, in the Illiad: “the labor of combat” describing Ajax swinging his hammer.


47 posted on 12/30/2015 10:51:01 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: All

Truth: Take 25 of the best trained male soldiers on the planet, have them take on 100 of the best trained female soldiers on the planet....the women are all dead before sundown.


48 posted on 12/30/2015 10:52:00 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: goldstategop
Putting women in positions that require a lot of physical strength, like firefighting and open combat positions, will simply get people killed.

Well, leftist are very adept at getting people killed...

49 posted on 12/30/2015 10:53:06 AM PST by Popman (Christ alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: Victor
Can you imagine an entire squadron of those gals...?

Well,on the plus side Allstate could send them a check for each accident free six month stretch they had!

50 posted on 12/30/2015 10:53:25 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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To: lacrew

While we’re at it, I would like to see a lot more dwarves and caucasions represented in the NBA too.


51 posted on 12/30/2015 10:54:55 AM PST by rhoda_penmark
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To: oh8eleven

Yes. You hit that nail on the head. Women do not just suffer from lower upper body strength, they suffer from aeons of natural selection and are stress fractures waiting to happen. I understand the Marine who says they may have a place in CIA type ops but you could not put a platoon of women together wwho could meet infantry physical requirements. Nor are they clamoring to do it. And then there is the pregnancy thing.


52 posted on 12/30/2015 10:55:52 AM PST by jwalsh07
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To: lacrew

That would make title ix obsolete. Can’t take away special treatment just to make them truly equal. /truth


53 posted on 12/30/2015 11:28:49 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: phs3

wont work, the other male groups will still be protective of the female group. that female unit will be worth more and more stupid stuff done to save it than a male group.


54 posted on 12/30/2015 11:31:48 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: jazusamo; mj1234

This bothers me, because the people who made this decision will not be around when the SHTF.

They think we have a push-button military. When things go bad, and we don’t have unlimited and safe supply lines or air protection, we are going to lose due the lack of a nail for a shoe when it hinges on two soldiers from each side going toe-to-toe in hand-to-hand combat up to their knees in the snow after not having eaten or slept for days, and the one on our side is a woman. History tells us, that is how tight it can get. And we won’t even be close.

I will feel sympathy not only for the men who will be put in that situation, but the women as well.

There is going to be defeat, surprise, shed blood, humiliation, anger, and lots and lots of bitter, bitter, recrimination. The very people who support this and are making it happen will scream loudest for someone to hang because of it.

Being a student of history, there are times in my life when I see the future as clearly as if were already a reality.

When it comes to pass, it is even worse because I feel that if someone like me could have seen it, it could have been avoided. Boy, do things like that ever make me angry.


55 posted on 12/30/2015 11:42:07 AM PST by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
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To: jazusamo

This is no longer a big problem. Since you are what you identify as; any number of soldiers in the unit can identify as female thus solving the women in combat problem. This should be done on a rotating basis so that the unit as a whole will share in the accolades


57 posted on 12/30/2015 1:05:34 PM PST by Calamari (Pass enough laws and everyone is guilty of something.)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

“How about the Administration and Congress in combat? Regardless of age or gender, how about sending all of DC to Afganistan ....”

Better still, send their children! Only when they actually have some “personal skin’ in the game will the RE’s change. Also, maybe they won’t be so quick to “commit our kids” to battle! The US Congress, striving to learn how to pick up a turd by the “clean end!”


58 posted on 12/30/2015 1:13:29 PM PST by vette6387
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To: jimfree

Following the Operation Tailhook scandal in 1991, a DACOWITZ study did strength testing on 100 young fit males, and 100 young fit females, all serving on active duty.

Conclusion: the ten strongest women were only as capable as the ten weakest men.

Private Benjamin, we miss her.

;^)


59 posted on 12/30/2015 2:54:26 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: doxteve2old2operate
I have posted quite a bit about this, and I am certain that there are a lot of people who might read my posts and conclude I have some kind of axe to grind against women, and nothing could be further from the truth.

I think nothing of working my tail off in a business environment for women, and I think women are the equal of men at decision making and being mentally tough.

My major points of concern are two...first, that mixing the sexes in a combat/deployment environment is a disaster. Throwing young men and women together is a recipe for serious morale and mission issues. It is a factor that will not add in any way to combat effectiveness, but can severely detract from it for a wide variety of reasons ranging from personal and medical to logistical.

Secondly, it is this graph I created that tells the tale of the physical disparity (assumptions are ALL medically accepted truths that are not contested):

It is that area with red stripes that is the issue. That is going to be the margin of defeat.

60 posted on 12/30/2015 5:44:10 PM PST by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
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