The case for women in combat

Sorry, I can't make that case. You'll have to look somewhere else.

Here's why opening combat roles to our sisters and daughters is a horrible thing:

WOMEN ARE WEAKER. Really, I don't have to go any further. No doubt some will argue that some women are stronger than some men. Yes, that's right, but note the adjective used twice. "Some." Try this on: NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, and PGA. Or find me an Olympic sport where men and women compete at the same level outside steeple chase or badminton. Even the military has discriminatory athletic standards for men and women. All well and good when your cranking and banking your F-22. A bit different when infantry personnel can't all tote their required packs.

HAMSTRINGING MEN. Forgive the chauvinist pig in me, but it is a natural response for a man to protect a woman. You are asking men to ignore that response when going into combat. The slightest hesitation in a firefight can be life and death. Can men be trained to treat women as men? Yes, probably, but is that really what we want of our men?

NOT ALL WOMEN WANT COMBAT ROLES. Many women have volunteered to serve but never had any desire to see combat. In the past, this was no issue. Political correctness has doomed all that. A man enlists, he's at the whim of the DoD. "But I don't want the front lines!" You're in the wrong line of work, Sonny. Not so our lasses. It used to be considered beyond the pale that we would send our women to the front lines, especially if any men were left standing. Now our women will have no choice. If they do, then we have further discrimination within the ranks.

NOT ALL MEN WANT THEIR DAUGHTERS ELIGIBLE FOR COMBAT. My sons have to sign up for the draft. Does this mean that my daughters will have to sign up also? Not on my watch.

IT WEAKENS OUR MILITARY. As has been stated, this has all come about in the name of political expedience. We are NOT doing this to strengthen our military. Why did the Broncos do the Cirque de Soleil to get Payton Manning? They wanted to win. Why do we have the tanks, planes and ships we have? We want to win any military conflict we face. So please explain to me why on God's little green acre if we have sufficient able-bodied men enlisting for military service would we then open combat positions to women? "Because Helen Reddy wants to" is a dumb reason.

The fundamental fabric of our flag is unraveling at a rate that makes my head spin. With nothing to lose, our president is in a full-court press to make every liberal talking point the law of the land with little regard for the consequences. Sticking our sisters and our daughters into foxholes is just the next step.