DoD lifts ban on women in combat

[Deberg_1990]

Does this mean that women will now have to register with the Selective Service as well?



http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/art...ds-4218940.php






In a historic action, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta today will remove the ban on women in combat that has excluded them from jobs ranging from infantry squad leaders and tank gunners to commandoes.

The decision, praised by women's advocates but denounced by the conservative Family Research Council, ends a 1994 Pentagon policy that barred women from high-risk ground combat jobs.

Women often have seen combat anyway over the past decade, as 283,000 of them went to Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a Congressional Research Service report, with 144 killed and 855 wounded.

“I remember in 1990 when we went into the first Gulf War, there was an uproar about women going to the front lines and talking about women being taken away from their children and having to go to war, having to go into combat,” said Bexar County Sheriff Susan Pamerleau, a retired Air Force major general.

“Then when we went into the Iraqi war (in 2003), there were no longer those kinds of issues,” she said. “Those issues weren't raised because people were recognizing that we've done this for a long time, women are trained to do this.”

Military officials said Panetta would unveil details in a news conference this afternoon.

An implementation period is expected, though details of how the service branches will phase in the policy weren't clear.

Anu Bhagwati, executive director of Service Women's Action Network, which joined three officers and an Army staff sergeant in lawsuit led by the ACLU to overturn the policy, called the decision a historic moment.

The policy, and laws before it, were rooted in a military long segregated by color, ethnicity and gender. But barriers to women had fallen over the decades, especially after the Women's Army Corps was disbanded in 1978.

The combat exclusion policy had barred women from serving in around 238,000 jobs, said Bhagwati, who noted that many of those positions set the stage for higher-ranking assignments. Giving women the chance to compete for combat roles, she predicted, would improve retention and recruiting.

Women make up 14 percent of the 1.4 million troops in the armed forces



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[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by Cannibal

Let me say it like this then:

A woman like you, who sits on her ass in front of a computer 16 hours a day espousing loony right wing BS, trying tell a woman who wants to fight in combat that she can't.... is pure bullshit.

Still just your opinion and still can't articulate an argument using reason.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by FishingRod

I would direct you to the Women’s Constitution, amendments and bill of Rights. It is slightly smaller than the men’s version but does smell of lavender.

Never heard of it. /sarcasm]

So you can't answer then.

[dirk digler]

I can see both sides of this issue. I don't think women should be denied promotions, benefits, and pay because they are a woman. If they are capable and willing there shouldn't be a problem.

On the flip side as someone that has served being a grunt there is going to have to be some major changes in regards to having women in such a setting.

[FishingRod]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

Never heard of it. /sarcasm]

So you can't answer then.

"There are other ways for women to share the responsibilities of defending this nation, including sending her husband and children off to war, supporting the war effort in other areas.

Remember though, only one bull is needed to replace and further human race. This is biological fact. The rest of you are cannon fodder. (See the Walter Block video on social biology in this thread.)

The military has the RIGHT to discriminate based on physical abilities or traits for combat. It just happens to be a necessary qualification for doing the job. Pushing buttons—not so much."


Where is the question?

[BucEyedPea]

Post #57

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by FishingRod

I would direct you to the Women’s Constitution, amendments and bill of Rights. It is slightly smaller than the men’s version but does smell of lavender.

OK, that is hilarious. So, so wrong. But funny.

[Bowser]

Just send BEP over to fight for us. She'll bitch, moan, and nag every single one of our enemies into submission/suicide.

We'll even throw you a parade, Pea.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Just send BEP over to fight for us. She'll bitch, moan, and nag every single one of our enemies into submission/suicide.

We'll even throw you a parade, Pea.

I'm not bitching or whining. This is just a discussion or debate where I state my position is all. Something you're also unable to do and also deny a female to do on an equal footing as witnessed with your sexists comments calling it "whining and bitching."

Leftists, like yourself, always position themselves to care about equality. Maybe some day you'll care about people too.

[alpha_omega]

"You go girl!"

[FishingRod]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

Post #57

Oh I get it.

Go to http://www.google.com/

Then type the Constitution , amendments and bill of rights.

[Garcia Bronco]

This is not something I've ever considered a problem for those that want to do it. The only thing I question is actual front lines fighting. I've read in a couple of places today that war is really mouse clicks anymore and nothing could be further from the truth. Are you prepared to see daughters and wives KIA?

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by listopencil

I hate it.

I hate war. The gender fighting it is pretty much meaningless to me. Israel has female compulsory service. Be interesting to see now that they can if any of them will actually step up and volunteer.

[FishingRod]

For what it is worth I don’t necessarily think it is a grand idea for women to be in combat, particularly if we are going to lower the standards to make it happen. I do think there are plenty of non Front line combat jobs in all branches of the service that if men have to sign up for the draft, then so should women. If someone is not fit for combat someone needs to be in intelligence, logistics, cooking in the mess hall or washing the dirty underwear.

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Just send BEP over to fight for us. She'll bitch, moan, and nag every single one of our enemies into submission/suicide.

We'll even throw you a parade, Pea.

They would surrender in days. Maybe hours.

[Bo's Pelini]

Now Dave can enroll in the military