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2005-05-11 Home Front: Politix

Amendment Would Bar Women From Most Military CS And CSS Roles

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-05-11 20:50|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Interesting, considering that the Marines have chosen to put women in their front-line (is that the correct term?) units, so as to be able to search veiled people (some of whom do turn out not to be female after all, but how is an innocent male Marine to know before-hand?) and their rooms without crossing a cultural barrier.

So should this bill pass, the women who want to fight will end up in the Marines, and the women who want to be doctors, nurses, caterers and clerks will join the Army. What kind of women will join the Air Force and the Navy, I wonder?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-11 23:41|| 2005-05-11 23:41|| Front Page Top

#2 This sends my bullshit meter through the roof. The military depends on woman in support rolls WAY too much for this to be real. If they yanked the women out, nearly 30-40% of the manpower would be gone.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-05-11 23:58|| 2005-05-11 23:58|| Front Page Top

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