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This is how I view it.
As a soldier I would have NO problem with a woman being there, as long as they were held to the same mental and physical standards. Right now mentally they are, but the physical requirements are simply rediculous for women. If they are of equal fighting ability they should be of equal physical ability (they go hand in hand). But they're not. I could honestly walk the running requirement for some women in the military. This would cause a rift in the fighters.
This isnt saying all women are weaker, in my short military career there were two women who were much much better runners than I. But until the standards are equal, the way they are viewed will NEVER be the same.
The problem that I see is if/when they get captured. These people know enough about America so they know about chivalry. In SERE school (the interogation required for spec-ops and pilots), they LOVE women in there. Why you ask? Because the majority break under very little pressure. Those that dont cause men who would otherwise not break to. As long as they beat the woman infront of the more chivalric men they would give information to stop it. Dont underestimate how de-masculating it is for a chivalric man to see a woman being beaten and be unable to stop it.
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