Demilitarizing the military
Cemetery Ridge in Gettysburg, Pa., Bastogne in Belgium, and the Chosin Reservoir in Korea rank among the most hellish and brutal environments ever created by man. The idea that women in the ranks could have repelled Picket’s Charge, or the XLVII Panzer Corps, or the People’s Volunteer Army’s 9th Army just as well as men is more hope than anything else. I pray those hopes won’t ever be tested in equivalent environments, but if history is any guide, the test will come, and no amount of social justice can replace steely courage, superhuman endurance, and ironclad bonds of brotherhood.
Women and men are not interchangeable biological units. There will be consequences to this change, both expected and unexpected. Is “social justice” worth this very deadly risk?
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Women In Combat: 80% Does NOT Equal 100%.
M2RB: Goo Goo Dolls
Nite Toon: Mission Accomplished!
Resist We Much on January 24, 2013 at 9:44 PM
It is ok, they can reduce the men’s numbers.
astonerii on January 24, 2013 at 10:00 PM
Still waiting for women to be held to the same PT standards as men. I’m sure that’s coming any day now. Yes siree Bob. Aaaaany day now.
pauljc on January 24, 2013 at 10:03 PM
Women are going to have to start registering for Selective Service, too… right?
malclave on January 24, 2013 at 10:21 PM
And that harms the women, their male colleagues, and the country as a whole.
All of this for just 1% of females in the armed forces that said they would be interested in ground combat.
Resist We Much on January 24, 2013 at 10:32 PM
Can you please find work at The Blaze? I think they would love to have you there.
On the subject of actually putting women in combat, how do you feel about designating them for sniping?
nobar on January 24, 2013 at 10:41 PM
You think the left might be trying to break the conservative hold on the military?
DFCtomm on January 25, 2013 at 7:08 AM