[silverleaf]

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?

[ifinnegan]

Bull.

[PLMerite]

“women are not going back home”

In war, a lot of them might not. Some might spend time in enemy captivity.

[CA Conservative]

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?

You do realize that the President doesn't have to get Congress to approve of a change like this, right? He is Commander-in-Chief. All he should do is rely on the advice of the experts in the military, not the social scientists. But whether or not Cruz has ever been a "team player" in the Senate is irrelevant to this issue.

[NorthMountain]

this is not 1950 and wars are not fought like 1950

That's what "they" said in 1950.

Then we fought a war in Korea. "They" were wrong".

Then we fought a war in Viet Nam. "They" were wrong.

Now we're fighting a war in Jihadistan. "They" are STILL wrong.

The blood and $#!+ and dirt of war haven't changed since Sargon the Great slogged through mesopotamia ...