[browardchad]

No offense, but it's not a very comforting notion, for those of us above fighting age, to think of our daughters defending us in hand to hand combat with the Taliban...

[Orion78]

"No offense, but it's not a very comforting notion, for those of us above fighting age, to think of our daughters defending us in hand to hand combat with the Taliban...

None taken, but is also not very comforting to think of our sons defending us in hand to hand combat with the Taliban. Any loss of life is a tragic one. If your daughter (assuming you had one) sincerely wanted to fight to protect America, would you deny her the right to do so?