Comments on: Hunter Bucks Pentagon on Women in Combat

By: Desiree Price

Desiree Price — Thu, 26 May 2005 16:39:17 +0000

I think women should be allowed to fight in direct combat just because a lot of women do want equality. This would be a huge step in the military for women. I think if we pass the physical test we should be able to be in any job that we would like to be in. A lot of people say they do not want women in direct combat because we will be taken from our children. Men have children too and they care and love them just as much as women do and the armed forces takes them from their children. I do not think it is fair just to put direct combat on the shoulders of men. Anybody of American forces can be victim to Iraqi insurgents not just women. There is no frontline and you do not know who the enemy are. It could be a child and that child could have a bomb strapped around its waist. I do not believe that insurgents will single out the women. They are going to try and kill the women just as much as they are trying to kill the men.

By: J.E. Deegan

J.E. Deegan — Mon, 23 May 2005 18:56:46 +0000

With all the ranting we hear from the feminists regarding gender equality, I'm surprized that more is nor being made of the women-in-combat issue. Why is it that women's demands for equality don't include assigning them to military combat units? They are, after all, equal to men, aren't they? Why do women want equal everything else while eschewing equality in combat units? Is a woman's life more valuable than a man's? Is that why only men are expected to confront the enemy in battle and risk their lives? Frankly, I'm getting tired of women wanting to be judged equal to men on every issue except putting their lives on the line when our country is at war.

By: Barbara Breazeale

Barbara Breazeale — Sat, 21 May 2005 13:13:42 +0000

My husband Bill Pozzi served in Vietnam as a Navy Seal and was in the reserves until activated a few days after 9/11/2001. He gladly fought in the Iraq war and was there for the very beginning of the battle. He served for almost six months and then he was injured and returned home. He was forced into retirement due to this injuries, but was and is a supporter of the way. I am too.

We support you in this bill to bar women from combat. We believe that women are a vital part of the military and we cannot do without them, but not in battle. Women physically are not built to handle days on the road and imbedded battles. In Iraq, women officers and enlisted are despised and actually singled out by the Iraqi insurgents. America is not ready to have women brought home in body bags, it is horrible enough to have our young men die. If a woman is pregnant and she is in the Army, she is eligible to be sent within a few months of her child's birth. How irrational is this? We have tons of non combat jobs for those women to do. Why would we want to tear moms from their kids. We have enough problems in our society without adding to it.

Please continue to hammer this issue. The moms of America will be behind you 100%. If NOW has an issue, send them over to Iraq and they will soon change their mind.

God bless you for your efforts.

By: CSM Steve Greer

CSM Steve Greer — Fri, 20 May 2005 15:15:53 +0000

The Army recognizes that it needs to transform to meet the increasing asymmetric threat; similarly our policy makers need to shake out the mothballs and recognize the dynamics of the modern battlefield. We no longer have a front line, a âforward line of own troops,â where ostensibly troops in the rear were safer than those forward. Todayâs threats are omni-directional, they encompass the entire battle space we operate in. Today, women are performing superbly in the GWOT â they serve in military police, military intelligence, and various support roles â they also fly planes and helicopters and attack our enemies with precision, vigor, determination.

Congressman Hunter recently stated, "The American people have never wanted to have women in combat and this reaffirms that policy." Perhaps the Congressman is out of touch? The American people want to be protected from those who wish to harm them and their families. We expect our military personnel to be dedicated, competent, and well-equipped to fight and win our nations wars. Reducing the role of female soldiers is discriminatory, risky, and imprudent.

CSM (Ret) Steve Greer
Sr Fellow, National Defense Council Foundation

By: reasoned audacity

reasoned audacity — Tue, 17 May 2005 17:38:20 +0000

The Politics of the Draft
Why worry about women in combat? Why not just let the Pentagon go ahead with boiling the frog? After all, proponents argue, it is an all-volunteer army now. Let me highlight one reason, among others: the draft. This argument is...

By: Hillary Now

Hillary Now — Tue, 17 May 2005 16:19:27 +0000

Republicans vote to ban women from combat
Republicans added an amendment to the defense authorization bill banning women from combat, saying the things they are doing in Iraq are already against the law.

They should vote to ban the other half of humankind from combat, too.

By: Jim Henley

Jim Henley — Tue, 17 May 2005 11:45:41 +0000

You have "Hunter" adn "Bucks" in the same headline. That rocks!

By: PAXALLES

PAXALLES — Mon, 16 May 2005 23:42:47 +0000

Congressional S-Hunter of Women Out of Combat Zone

Congressional S-Hunter of Women Out of Combat Zone