This whole idea of allowing women to be placed in combat roles is pure idiocy and now just as I expected, it's going to the max; women in special forces.
Women do not belong in the military at all, much less in combat roles and for damn sure not in Spec Ops. I witnessed a female in the Army who was unable to draw back the charging handle of an M16, and no one would say anything for fear of the PC police busting their ass. However, given the problems with a dwindling population of potential new recruits, I will concede women should be used in certain medical and administrative roles in relative safe areas.
Women in general (granted, there are exceptions) dilute the effectiveness and readiness of the military. They don't have the upper body strength necessary for anything other than pushing paper and while given enough time and experience they might develop the necessary mental toughness to think in a military manner, they have a much steeper climb to get there than men. Almost from birth they are conditioned by society to be girls and women, not warriors. They are not expected to be logical, strong, hard nosed, rational, leaders, or killers. They are conditioned to be nice, demure, caring, nurturing, etc. (all good things in traditional female roles, but not good for military or police roles).
Then there's the physiological considerations. Women in the military have significantly increased the strain on medical services. A medical study indicates women account for twice the injuries as compared to men and three and a half more illness treated. They suffer much higher rates of musculoskeletal, and upper respiratory injury. Throw in GYN, and OB problems and the administrative burden due to pregnancies and sexual harassment issues and you have an unjustifiable burden and false sense of preparedness.
Now you have Admiral William McRaven, Commander of Special Operations Forces saying in The Christian Science Monitor that women will make great SEALs. As with all "diversity" programs, there will be unavoidable political pressure to assure that women successfully enter Spec Ops and the only way to accomplish this will be to continually lower the standards until it happens.
My views on this subject are to say the least, very un-PC and it's now probably a very rare perspective, but it's mine. What's yours?
The day when I see a woman playing in the NFL, then I will believe they can be in combat doing the same job as a male. I am not against women in the military, just not in combat. My own daughter is in the military and the thought of her being put in combat scares the shit out of me.
ReplyDeleteIt's not just combat John. What about fighting a fire in the bilge of a ship with responsibility to carry a 170 pound, unconscious shipmate up a ladder. Lots of other examples.
ReplyDeleteNo argument here. I don't want my daughter on a ship either. I think there are certain roles for women in the military, lets face it, we are never going back. PC rules nowadays.
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