[Servant of the Nine]

Truer words were never spoken. She should never have been allowed to be there. A combat area is no place for women, in any capacity, at any time.

Why?
Because some of the boys don't have enough discipline to keep their minds on the job when a woman is around?
Because you haven't had a new idea in 30 years?
Because you are willing to condemn all wimmin because some have gotten to positions they can't fill by afirmative action?

You gotta lot of absolutist BS but no facts to back it up.
You are arguing on the basis of what feels right, not logic and facts.
You are, in fact, arguing just like a liberal.

There are lots of people who have gotten where they don't belong by afirmative action, but we can't assume that every minority in any position is unfit unless we are gonna wear sheets and hang out with Sen. Byrd (kkk WV)

So9

[Anamensis]

Why? Because some of the boys don't have enough discipline to keep their minds on the job when a woman is around? Because you haven't had a new idea in 30 years?

Because if she's taken prisoner she'll probably be gang-raped till she bleeds to death? Oops, are we not supposed to know about that?

[Euro-American Scum]

You want facts, I'll give you facts.

I worked with a man a few years ago who spent twenty years in the Marine Corps, several of which were spent training recruits at Campt Pendleton, CA.

Part of this time spanned the years starting in the Carter regime when the liberals were going to reinvent a kinder and gentler military by feminizing it.

So the Corps started training female recruits. And as part of a pilot program at Pendleton, the DIs were required to file fitness reports regarding the suitability of women in combat. Here were some of his (and other DI's) observations:

1. Women did not have the cardiovascular capacity of male recruits, and no amount of cardio-conditioning could make up the difference.

2. Women did not have the physical strength of male recruits and no amount of PT could make up that difference either.

3. Women lacked the inherent aggressiveness of their male counterparts.

4. Women tended to panic during live fire exercises.

The Corps, in its infinite wisdom, did not ban women from recruit training. But they did separate the training of male and female recruits, to their everlasting credit.

I do not denigrate, nor disrespect the contribution of women in this or any other war, and I resent your implication that I do. The fact is, God made us different. We have different capabilities, different gifts, and different handicaps. But I stand by my original statement:

Women have no place in combat areas. Not now. Not later. Not ever. Period.