Posted on 02/02/2016 7:27:15 AM PST by huldah1776
Sen. Ted Cruz said he would reconsider opening all ground combat positions to women if elected the next commander in chief.
Cruz promised to take another look at the administration's decision late last year to open all positions to women. The administration's move ignored a request from the Marine Corps to keep some frontline combat positions male-only after some studies showed women were more likely to be injured and perform worse.
"The Marine Corps request [for exceptions] must be reconsidered," Cruz wrote in response to a Center for Military Readiness survey released Sunday. "As long as the requirements are fair and universally applied, the military must always place the best person for the job at hand, whether male or female, but we cannot let political correctness compel the military to lower its standards."
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Women would have to pass the male requirements under the same standards in place now
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well whatever they used to be...
I don’t think they can continue to ban women from applying for the jobs now that its been changed but as a veteran I think women should be held to the same high requirements..
AND not “helped” when they fail to meet and pass the tests..
This is the correct answer. A level playing field, no lowering of standards. But, that being said, two lone people in a foxhole, one male, one female, at a lonely outpost... I have issues with that.
This and the border are the two most fundamentally important issues this election. Cruz needs to come down like a ton of bricks on both.
"Women would have to pass the male requirements under the same standards in place now."
I don't care if some genetically freakish girl can pass the male standards. Combat just isn't the place to put women. Period.
What has Trump said about this important question?
nice promises
never gonna happen
this is not 1950 and wars are not fought like 1950
we are way technologically and socially past that point
women are not going back home
have we learned NOTHING about sitting Senators who give nice speeches and have a no track record of effective team building that accomplished any contentious goal?
However, the Joint Chiefs of Staff should be the ones to decide who and what the military needs for the sole purpose of defending the U.S.A.
And the Joint Chiefs of Staff should be selected because of their ability, dedication, and above all their patriotism (and not whether they will deliver the military votes to Democrat politicians).
If a woman can survive through SEAL training without any special needs, then she should be a SEAL. It should be that way with any job in the military. If a woman can throw a 175 pound man over her shoulder and carry him out of danger, more power to her.
yadda, yadda, yadda. I would’ve hoped that he’s past considering it, and it’s decisively what he would do, first day in office, executive order.
Would consider... not good enough. And bow about homosexuals? I expect nothing to change until the US military is severely stressed in a major homeland defensive war situation.
“reconsider”
It’s women in combat
The actions Obama has taken with the military have been solely to destroy it. Anyone not totally cognizant of that is not fit to vote, much less run the country
Would reconsider. It’s not even will reconsider.
Wispiness. The fear of donors’ backlash. There is no way that will win against Hillary. She s not afraid of offending her donors they’re always on the same page. her voters don’t care they’re rhythm along with them destroying
Cruz cannot beat hillary
My son (army) says yes.
Demi Moore did it!
Then it really would be a fox hole wouldn’t it?
There are reasons for that beyond physical strength and ability. Irsael discovered how it works and fixed it. They still train the women in arms so that should the battle come into Israel itself the women can defend their homes while their men are engaged in the field.
“Demi Moore did it!”
Yup. Hey, Rhonda Rousey was one of the Expendables. That has to count for something.
Well, Cruz will not have to worry about that decision. He won’t be President.
Women have no business being in combat. They also have no business being in certain careers such as firefighting. Paid fire departments such as New York City lower their physical agility standards to allow women into the department. This is wrong and is dangerous to their fellow fire fighter brothers and the public that they take an oath to serve and protect. If a woman can pass the physical agility standards the same as a man, then by all means, she should be given the job. In the past 30 years, women have been hired into police and fire departments by judicial fiat, not by fair standards.
two lone people in a foxhole, one male, one female, at a lonely outpost... I have issues with that.
Why...? In today’s military, those two would no doubt be homosexual, and problem solved...
Why change it?
Women want to be “equal”, then let them be in all-female units.
And they have to sign up for selective services.
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