Opinion: Women in Combat - NYTimes.com/video

There's a disconnect between what U.S. policy says female soldiers can do and what they are actually doing; this needs to change so that they can get the training they need.

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[EasyCompanyAirborne]

I would much sooner have a tough female commando veteran at my side than some of the fat male colonels you see around. Some of the toughest fighters in history have been women. When it comes to it, the women are generally braver. True bravery is found on the seat of the electric chair or when a noose is placed around your neck. Women like Joan of Arc show the way.

[mrmikeanthony]

Yikes.



[98raza20]

women should only be in the infantry is a) there willing to have their hair shaved, infantry and marines shave their head to prevent lice and so the enemy can't grab hair in hand to hand. b) be willing to urinate and shower with her colleges, in war u can't be picky infantry have little modesty in the field c) prove they can perform equal to male soldiers, an injured man isn't going to way 40 less pounds coz you have a vagina. Feminists don't use wars for ur social experiments, people will die.

[turk18207735]

@Bryan022MP If you read my comment right I said I value a woman's life above my own. Not anyone else's. I did not say a mans life is worth much less. So next time please read carefully. Thank you. here is what I said. I copied it from below. I just think that war is no place for a women as I value a women's life above my own.

[Bryan022MP]

@turk18207735 So,you're saying a man's life is worth much less than a womans?

[totoynani143]

RPG r thrown at us?

[turk18207735]

@Vydio Well if you are in the military I salute you! I also do not think you are nasty, but the phrases you use seemed that way. If I took it wrong I am sorry. I know all of us as human beings are not perfect, but I know there is a time and place for everyone. I just think that war is no place for a women as I value a women's life above my own. I am not a male chauvinist, and hope you are not a female chauvinist. I also checked your profile and found your in Afganistan so I wish you luck!

[Zain844]

@bacsi19461 did you even read anything i wrote moron? ALL FEMALE COMBAT UNITS it would solve alot of problems. Sure they can't carry as much and not fight on the frontlines but they could still be snipers, do support and recon be security at checkpoints etc. When war starts its the males that get drafted. EVERYONE should get drafted or do you think men are expandable? only men should be sent off to war and die while women are safe at home? women should be forced into the army just like men

[Vydio]

@bacsi19461 You are the one who made the ridiculous claim that American women laid around in bed after giving birth while Vietnamese women were toiling in the rice paddies. I asked you what the maternal and infant mortality rates were for this land of tough women .... I note you did not answer those questions but launched into a personal attack. That's usually a diversionary tactic. So what about those rates?

[bacsi19461]

@charlieChanning Ah, that great female hero Jessica Lynch. The one who first said she fired her weapon at the enemy. when that ferll thru from other witnessses, she said her gun jammed before she could fire. Oh really? Weapons do not jam when the first round is chambered and they fife reliably. They jam DURING firing. She panicked and got her ass captured. Fine, a man could have done that too. But her lies and the Army's lies (Bronze Star what a joke) made the whole thing a big scam.