"Mike Marron" wrote in message
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"Jim Baker" wrote:
"Mike Marron" wrote:

All true, but not everyone who resists the progress of bringing women
in a warrior ethic are "neanderthals." I'm all for women being trained
to fly high tech equipment in combat...as long as they're also being
trained to fight alongside the men on the ground (as go-gettum
warriors -- not merely support personnel like Jessica Lynch). It takes
three times longer to train a SEAL or special forces operative as it
does a fighter pilot but we don't see any women SEALS, Rangers,
Delta Force, etc. The only reason the USAF and USN are training
women to fly airplanes is simply because flying an F-18 or A-10
doesn't require the physical attributes required to be an effective
warrior on the ground. They can't legislate physical strength (they
can only bitch to God for creating men and women unequal in the
strength department) but for political purposes they CAN train women
as pilots.

As I read it, this post just doesn't pass any common sense filter. Are
you
saying that women shouldn't be allowed by the government to do a job
they've
proven they're capable of doing because they've proven they're not
physically capable of doing a different, totally unrelated job?

I've read your post three times and I think that's what you're saying.
If
I'm wrong, nevermind. If I'm right, your post is nonsensical/illogical.

No, what's nonsensical/illogical is the notion that women should
have it both ways. If a tiny nation such as Israel which is constantly
fighting to protect itself, doesn't use women in combat, the only
reason the U.S. has women filling combat positions in airplanes is
to fulfill equal opportunity mandates as prescribed by politicians.

-Mike Marron

This is a silly sub-thread. What you're saying is women are choosing to
only be pilots and not combat arms soldiers. Nothing could be further from
the truth since they aren't allowed to apply to certain combat specialties
by law. Your insistence that they're having it both ways by their own
choosing just doesn't make sense because it's incorrect on the face of it.
Let's drop it.

JB