Batdog, maybe yer right about special ops. Very valid point.
The army did some experiments with ordinary housewives - got them on weight training etc. In the end, they ended up slightly better than the average male performance wise. Am talking standard military units here.
Of course if males were given the same standards, they'd be stronger than the females. My point is, however, that if women are dedicated enough, they sure can fit in into a normal infantry squad. And they're more than qualified for support roles - such as the one the woman who is now a POW had, which is why I disagree with lazs who has the opinion that she shouldn't have been there in the first place.
Interesting little story; in Gulf War 1 there was a similar incident. Female said males were going the wrong way in their truck. males disagreeed and there was an argument, and in the end, the woman was overruled by democracy and peer pressure. So they drove straight into a town occupied by Iraqis.
So, I think it is *sexist* that women are exempt from all forms of participation in our conscript army. If they can, under threat of violence, force a man to serve/slave (depends on how you view it
), they should apply the same to women. Cannot have discrimination. oh yes we can, but only if it goes one way. Forgot about that.
And I don't smoke dope batdog
. That stuff make me all dizzy and stuff, don't feel good at all. Now, gimme vodka and coca cola or sprite....or some good brewed beer...and you'll find a Santa dancing in the most odd ways, most likely near or with....WOMEN.
