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[jtnc]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Panetta removes military ban on women in combat, opening thousands of front line positions.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/panetta-removes-military-ban-women-combat-opening-thousands-front-line-positions


How do you all feel about this?

[mmmbeans]

can i send my wife?


she'd have that shiat wrapped up but quick.

[g5jamz]

If in the military...sure.

Same rules apply. All rules.

[Inimicus]

can i send my wife?


she'd have that shiat wrapped up but quick.

X2 - sounds like my wife.

Between the both of them I imagine we can extricate our military from all middle east conflicts within the next 6 months.

[Kurb]

I think it's a bad idea.

[g5jamz]

I think it's a bad idea.

I do too...but if they are in the military...they are IN the military.

[Gazi]

Is this before or after watching that woman, Sec Clinton, bitchslap those senators around today?

[Gazi]

Woman have been in combat for years now. If you've been to Iraq and been part of convoys you would know that

[g5jamz]

Clinton was cockslapped by Rand

[Delhommey]

JERUSALEM -- A deadly shootout last week along Israel's border with Egypt has shined a spotlight on Israel's only mixed female and male combat unit, granting some recognition to a group that has faced much skepticism and often been the butt of jokes since its inception.
The Caracal battalion's response to the militant attack on Friday – which left three gunmen dead, including one whom Israeli officials said was killed by a female soldier – marked a major test for the unit that typically handles tame operations. One Israeli soldier also was killed.
On Sunday, Israeli newspapers and radio broadcasts glowed over the news that the co-ed battalion played a decisive role in thwarting the assailants' attack. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted about the work of the unit – named after a medium-sized cat native to the Middle East and Africa – in his weekly Cabinet meeting. Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz traveled to the scene of the attack and congratulated the soldiers.

http://www.huffingto..._n_1909132.html

[stirs]

Okay, preface this with the fact that I am twice your guys age, but I do not want women in direct battle.

Having a man hostage is bad enough, what will it be to have a woman on camera, black eyes, rape, all that as a hostage. What will the outcry be over this with the public? Not the same as it would be for a man, therefore, you should not do it.

I don't give a rip about equal job, equal pay in this situation. Not for women in direct combat. Fly a jet? Fine, but not this.

[Delhommey]

Clinton was cockslapped by Rand

You mean when he tapped danced on the children of Newtown's graves by calling Benghazi the worst tragedy since 9/11?

Yeah. PWNT

[Delhommey]

Okay, preface this with the fact that I am twice your guys age, but I do not want women in direct battle.

Having a man hostage is bad enough, what will it be to have a woman on camera, black eyes, rape,

For a lot of women soliders, that'd be more of the same.

[Not-Awesomeness]

95% of the women in thr military cant go on a ruck without falling out. This is a bad idea..

[g5jamz]

95% of the women in thr military cant go on a ruck without falling out. This is a bad idea..

What's the % of men that fall out.