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RE: Panel wants women in combat arms - 3/12/2011 1:04:09 PM

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If women could compete physically in meaningful numbers they would.
Football comes to mind. Basketball.

How about some sports where size is not such an issue?
Soccer. Baseball. Track and field.

Some sports where size is the issue?
Boxing. MMA.

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RE: Panel wants women in combat arms - 3/12/2011 3:43:51 PM

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Don't see that there is an argument to the contrary. Let them rape and kill just like everybody else.

Can I get one of them to rape me?

Just not the one in the photo, she's fugly.

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RE: Panel wants women in combat arms - 3/12/2011 3:46:58 PM

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I always wondered how how a 120lb woman is going to carry/drag a 220lb man out of the line of fire when he has been shot. Plus pack weight. It's not like they have vastly different fitness standards or anything.

You mean there are no 120lb men serving in the military?

What is the minimum weight standard?

I forget.

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RE: Panel wants women in combat arms - 3/12/2011 3:52:20 PM

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The panel made their recommendation because it advanced their social agenda, not because it improved the military.

I didn't know a Pentagon commission had a social agenda.

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RE: Panel wants women in combat arms - 3/12/2011 7:17:22 PM

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My post was to remark that rape was a much more likely tool in a torturers toolbox in regards to a woman as opposed to a man.
And I suggest that the average woman would handle that rape a lot better than the average man would handle having a baton shoved up his ass...a very common torture technique already in use.

That's a possibility. I however don't think it would hold much water in light of women's social condition regarding rape. I think it more likely that it would not overtly affect men. Then again, I've not been able to find any studies about torture techniques, their effectiveness, usage, or resulting conditions.

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The panel made their recommendation because it advanced their social agenda, not because it improved the military.

I didn't know a Pentagon commission had a social agenda.

You are aware that political correctness pervades even the highest levels of learning, correct? Whether they did or didn't, it is quite plausible.

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I always wondered how how a 120lb woman is going to carry/drag a 220lb man out of the line of fire when he has been shot. Plus pack weight. It's not like they have vastly different fitness standards or anything.

You mean there are no 120lb men serving in the military?

What is the minimum weight standard?

I forget.

www.google.com . Thanks for missing the point though because we're obviously not talking specifically about combat units. It makes it easier to dismiss you.

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RE: Panel wants women in combat arms - 3/12/2011 9:40:25 PM

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I always wondered how how a 120lb woman is going to carry/drag a 220lb man out of the line of fire when he has been shot. Plus pack weight. It's not like they have vastly different fitness standards or anything

www.google.com . Thanks for missing the point though because we're obviously not talking specifically about combat units. It makes it easier to dismiss you.

What are we talking about then and why did you just give me a link to Google with nothing to back it up?

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RE: Panel wants women in combat arms - 3/13/2011 3:53:33 PM

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You had a question that is easily satisfied via the use of a search engine such as google's. Use it. If you still have a question that is pertinent to the thread feel free to ask it. Whether it is pertinent can be divined by reading the thread and having a question that actually relates to it. This thread and my contributions to it have been related to the subject of women's inclusion into combat arms within the military. Not the military as a whole. Pertinent questions are not Red Herrings; which is why I dismissed yours. Instead, you would be better to ask something along the lines of, "are there any men that are 120lbs in the combats arms?" However, in an effort to preempt you I looked at the Combat Fitness Test. In doing so and talking with some Marine buddies of mine I found it's very rare for a 120lb man to pass it. Even when they do they struggle and are considered a liability by their fellow soldiers. Also in chatting with said friends I found out the Marine Corps stance on women in combat arms. Sure, but then they'll be required to have the same fitness and dress standards that men have. So please, don't respond.

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