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Old 01-25-2013, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by UnderOveur
You folks know how I feel about Political Correctness and the slimeballs that push it.

Funny how men (<---note the qualifier) aren't crying about the fact that they can't have babies (to cite one example), but some women cry about not being in combat??

Pathetic doesn't even begin to describe them.

Huh??? I didn't realize men bearing children was an option for them. That has to be the most convoluted argument ever.

BTW, anyone who wants to and can serve on the front lines has my blessing.
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Old 01-25-2013, 07:03 PM
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No, it's all about Political Correctness and the social agenda of a minority.
Good luck with all that, whether it is a president getting his brains splashed all over his limo or all out war, the innocent are going to do the real suffering.

Agendas are about maintaining power and control at any cost. There will never be a fair accounting.
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Old 01-25-2013, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by jungle

Agendas are about m̶a̶i̶n̶t̶a̶i̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ gaining power and control at any cost.

Fify. No cost.
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Old 01-25-2013, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by LNL76
Huh??? I didn't realize men bearing children was an option for them.
I thought the same thing about US women in combat roles.
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Old 01-25-2013, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
If they can hack it on the front lines, more power to them. No special accommodations, just reasonable ones.

Yep. Right there is the fly in the ointment. Once in, then they can work to change the definition of "reasonable" to a fair thee well!

Just ask any competent lawyer.
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Old 01-25-2013, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
that's what has me worried...

They won't be able to find enough women who CAN do the job, so they'll start looking to cut standards to make the fantasy a reality.

I'm just afraid of DC on this.

This sums it all up very neatly.
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Old 01-25-2013, 07:38 PM
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I'm probably getting way a head on this but I wonder how the Selective Service requirement will play into this equally?
A loaded bergen gets heavy after a while.

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Old 01-25-2013, 07:51 PM
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Gen. Dempsey hints: Bar likely lowered for female combat units - Washington Times
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Old 01-25-2013, 08:19 PM
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“[I]f we do decide that a particular standard is so high that a woman couldn’t make it, the burden is now on the service to come back and explain to the secretary, why is it that high? Does it really have to be that high?”

For a start how about using some common sense .
Did I read this correctly in that they still have to plan this out ?
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Old 01-25-2013, 08:44 PM
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I saw a TV interview once of someone advocating relaxed standards for hiring firefighters. The reporter asked: "But don't they sometimes have do do things like chop open doors and walls?"
The response was: "We'll just give them an electric axe or something."
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