On Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 8:47:41 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.

I suppose we should do something about that but it's not something that keeps me up at night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVn2HSHW1aI