On 2020-05-03 2:24 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 8:13:19 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2020-05-03 1:34 p.m., Gary wrote:
>>> Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So much burble - I did and do support a woman's right to fight
>>>> in combat, yes, they should also be drafted but maybe not to
>>>> actually fight, as with men, some are not combat minded.
>>>
>>> Join the military and you might get a choice of jobs. Get drafted
>>> and you lose all choices and during a draft that often means
>>> combat for most.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Given the equal rights and equal opportunity of this day and age,
>> it should not be a right to fight in combat. It should be an equal
>> obligation. They want equal access at all levels..... if they want
>> it, but few are interested in combat. Since combat is the primary
>> purpose of the military, they should be assigned there too.
>
> I wouldn't worry about that too much. American women are engaging in
> combat situations. They have been for years. They get killed and
> maimed and PTSD'ed just like any other red-blooded American boy in
> combat. I mean, this ain't the friggin' 60's!
>

Women make up only 1.7% of combat infantry positions in the US. It is
2020 and they should be 50-50.