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Originally Posted by Deltona Couple
This also goes to the point of why exclude ALL women from combat? Like you said yourself Ustwo, not ALL women are good for combat, but some are. Why exclude those that CAN just because there are many more that can't? I know plenty of guys that were TOTALLY unfit for combat, but still sent to serve. All I am saying is that if a woman WANTS to do it, and she can prove herself capable of doing it, wo shouldn't hold her back just because she is a woman. That's just wrong, period. The world is changing. No longer is the woman just a stay at home, cook and clean kind of person. Heck, 20 or 30 years ago the thought of a woman in the office-place that wasn't a secretary was considered an abomination, and that women were seen as unable to do the job as well as a man. Things have changed since then. I am not saying that every woman should be allowed to just waltz right into a combat zone, but if she says she wants to, we should give her the chance to prove herself. And if she can do it, let her fight!
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The military is not a place to be playing games like this. Sure some women may well be able to handle it and want to do it, boo-hoo to them. This isn't about fairness and equal oportunity, its about winning wars. Rather than figuring out and wasting resources to find that 1% of women who can do it (or whatever % it is) I'm more than happy to leave them out, if the barbarians reach the gate they can fight then.