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Jewish World Review May 27, 2014 / 27 Iyar, 5774 How about bring back the draft to include women? By Alicia Colon
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Last January 2013, then Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, ordered the Joint Chiefs of Staff to study the feasibility of opening all military jobs to women by 2016. This would include more than 200,000 jobs that make up the core of the ground-level combat force in the Army and the Marine Corps. Opponents of women in combat argue, rightly in my opinion, that the military's physical standards must not be compromised to expand access because our military's fighting effectiveness is at stake. Hauling 50 pounds of equipment while walking 20 miles is a standard that must not be demoted as it exemplifies routine combat challenges.
Meanwhile, Sage Santangelo, at 5'3", is fighting to become an infantry officer in the Marine Corps. At a petite 5'3'', Santangelo may not look like a combat fighter but the female second lieutenant has never let that hold her back from pursuing her dream of becoming an infantry officer in the Marine Corps so she said in an ABC News interview. I say-"So what?" I wish I was a foot taller so I'd be at my correct weight but that's not going to happen.
I have no objection to women being in combat as long as they are as strong and tough as Gwendoline Christie who plays Brienne of Tarth in The Game of Thrones. I had no objection to any women becoming an NYPD cop or FDNY firefighter as long as they had the stamina and physical strength required of men. What happened, however, thanks to political correctness and multicultural influence, ended up having cops that looked like the Munchkins in the Wizard of Oz; while women who failed the FDNY test were encouraged by Gloria Steinem to protest the testing results. She even suggested that women who couldn't carry victims on their backs be allowed to drag them down the stairs. Unbelievable!
The rank and file servicemen are not that crazy about the idea of women serving with them in combat. They cite studies that suggest they would imperil unit effectiveness, good order and discipline. Not to mention how distracting they would be in a mission that required strict focus and depending on comrades to watch their backs.
I was watching a movie that took place during the Irish rebellion and one IRA recruit was ordered to kill an informer by his superior. He reluctantly did kill him but I really don't think I or many other women have that killer instinct. As much as Steinem and the other hard core feminists think we're just the same as men, I disagree. We are so much more. There's a reason men are born with testosterone and we are born with estrogen. Our hormones are different for a reason and make us who we are. As distasteful as it is for some militant feminists, women's bodies were designed to bear and nurture children which does not mean we are weak. Au contraire, mon ami. Motherhood is the toughest, most underrated job in the world. We shouldn't have to prove our toughness by donning armor and slaying dragons-that's the job for men.
This push to have women in combat is based on an ideological premise of equality; it is not based on merit or common sense. Feminizing the military is a huge mistake that will endanger the lives of soldiers who are already in combat situations and that ignores the physical restraints of women. We are not as physically strong as men. We are not as muscular. That is a given. We may have stamina but what good will that do; carrying tons of hardware in a situation that requires agility and speed? I would also mention our menstrual cycles but that would raise the hackles of those with permanent 'sexist alarm' antennae.
How about bring back the draft to include women? Ha. Like that's going to happen.
The fact is there is evidence that the Benghazi scandal may expose acts of treason but that won't stop his nonstop costly fundraising trips on Air Force One. The only way the Benghazi hearings led by Trey Gowdy will attract the public's attention is if he calls a Kardashian to testify.
Surveys show that the majority of military and the veterans vote Republican and those serving overseas do not even have their votes tallied. The push for women in combat is just another way to diminish one of the greatest, most powerful military forces on this planet but that may be the whole point anyway, right?
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