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In reply to the discussion: We Ladies are now in the FIGHT!!!!! [View all]Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)72. Wow, that is one demented "want".
Wanting the opportunity to kill other people does not seem like a healthy mental outlook.
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If you disagree with a war, disagree with the war, not with women's right to fight.
SunSeeker
Jan 2013
#7
No. A women who joins the military should be able to do whatever job she is capable of.
SunSeeker
Jan 2013
#76
are you harassing that poster because she is aggreeing with this decision by the Pentagon?
CreekDog
Jan 2013
#115
Kudo to you. Now you will have the opportunity to die on the field of battle. Whoooo Hoooo
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#80
then surely we can drop ladies and be women, while carrying guns and killing, lol.
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#8
ah, so we will be sure to cross our legs properly and of course the men fighting will be
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#16
But now we can be, as stated by Tx4obama, classified as being in combat.
Lady Freedom Returns
Jan 2013
#20
I don't know why women are somehow "specialer" than men, that they need
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#35
You don't get to decide for us what sort of risks we should take, fortunately.
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#64
Violence, pain, and suffering are awful no matter which gender is involved.
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#85
And we can also allow an infantryman not to risk being left with a partner that can't ruck a
SQUEE
Jan 2013
#144
Why are you comparing a victimhood situation to a job willingly undertaken?
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#63
Maybe this will get the warmongers to think twice before committing the US to more wars.
eShirl
Jan 2013
#47
Back during the cold war I slept soundly knowing our boys were patroling the night sky,
Glassunion
Jan 2013
#39
That is officially. We have been in wars as long as there have been wars. They often called us the
jwirr
Jan 2013
#84
Damn, when I saw that women go in the voting booth and pull the black curtain...
Auntie Bush
Jan 2013
#99
...Women have been in the fight for a long time...It's just now the armed forces will
DFab420
Jan 2013
#106
Besides the Purple Heart, Tammy Duckworth was awarded the Air Medal and the ARCOM in the hospital
pinboy3niner
Jan 2013
#130