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In reply to the discussion: OK, I gotta say it. Women don't belong in combat. [View all]whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)42. This "progress" is a setback for humanity. n/t
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From personal experience, any woman in the military experiences a form of combat
Siwsan
Jan 2013
#10
True but better than automation. The automation makes it too cheap and easy.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#18
And I've got to say this: Neither do men, or any living being, belong in combat.
1monster
Jan 2013
#21
+ infinity! If that had happened there would have been no Iraq or Afghanistan
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2013
#27
Male & Female Marines Are Tested Against Two Completely Different Physical Fitness Standards
cer7711
Jan 2013
#65
They are not "completely different"--they are similar and account for biological differences.
MADem
Jan 2013
#66
You need to check again. And not use a right wing RAG with the word "hints" in the headline as
MADem
Jan 2013
#85
You need to read the TOS. The Moonie Times is NOT a "messenger"--it's a propaganda rag.
MADem
Jan 2013
#94
That is why drones are being used more and more in killing the "enemy" in their homes.
RC
Jan 2013
#83
So true Jackpine yet now the Repukes & NRA ironically want everyone to be armed w/assault guns!
hue
Jan 2013
#49
Well, there's HULC--that's not quite "robot"--more like robot - human. It's in the biometric stage
MADem
Jan 2013
#91
Swords into Plowshares...Nation Building at Home. Everyone else will be OK.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#59
The story about the young women sitting on DU crates was told to me by a friend who died.
Liberty Belle
Jan 2013
#98
If you're in the service, in wartime, you can be "forced into combat" even if your job is
MADem
Jan 2013
#102
What does this mean? "I have extremely mixed feelings about women in Congress"?????
Logical
Jan 2013
#81
A mistype - I meant to say combat. I've worked for a woman running for Congress before,
Liberty Belle
Jan 2013
#99