Comments on: Iraq War and Female Casualties

By: floyd

floyd — Wed, 17 May 2006 01:12:08 +0000

everybody serves. try NOT paying your taxes!

By: LJD

LJD — Tue, 16 May 2006 11:55:15 +0000

First, all women in the military, including those wounded in action, should be praised for doing something most people don't do: serve their country. From the source article:

Should women go into a combat situation? We're already there. It's a moot point,â?? said Army Capt. Carmen Lugo-Martinezâ?¦ â?¦She said women were doing many jobs once done solely by men - and facing the same risks.

O.K. so why then the differences in requirements for female and male soldiers?

'I think women have some physical limitations, but if they can drive a truck and fly a chopper, they can serve their country,'

Well, o.k. A woman CAN fly a helicopter, drive a tank, or whatever else. But should she be promoted ahead of her male peers because she can WALK the 2-mile run and pass? Is there any reason in a woman's physiology that she cannot do as many situps as a man?

Added Lugo-Martinez: 'It's honor, duty, loyalty and country. I don't think women are limited in the roles they can perform in the service.'

Absolutely. So why not step up to the plate. Women are selected for flight school and other trainaing programs, promoted, and ultimately further their careers and get paid more based on their performance. Why there is a different standard for men and women is beyond me. I believe the real women warriors out there would want it to be that way.

By: floyd

floyd — Tue, 16 May 2006 02:11:47 +0000

john wayne would be proud[gacy that is]!!

By: Kathy K

Kathy K — Tue, 16 May 2006 00:55:34 +0000

"Interestingly, aside from a spike during the Jessica Lynch story, the public has been remarkably uninterested in this issue, accepting the death of female troops as natural as that of males."

Good. Because it is. Being a soldier is not a 'safe' occupation. For either sex.

By: Going to the Mat

Going to the Mat — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Great post over at Outside the Beltway on female casualties in Iraq. Whilethe post notes aside from a spike during the Jessica Lynch story, the public has been remarkably uninterested in this issue, accepting the death of female troops as natural as that of males. In the past, the argument against female soldiers in combat is that America