I'm thinking along the lines of some of you. They lift the ban on women serving in combat and all the while Homeland Security is purchasing and stockpiling ammunition and arms for the DOD. Sounds like there is something big brewing and Uncle Sam just added a new population to pull from when they start the draft back up, which I bet will be within a year of this ban being lifted.

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From a political and legal viewpoint it is about time - Women are in all ways equal so if they choose to be solidiers (There is no draft) they have the right to be front line soldiers if they prove they can handle it. From a scientific/realistic viewpoint looking at the long term - Women have something that men do not that needs to be protected and has not yet been replaced by science - A womb and the ability to reproduce- What would happen if WW3 broke out and millions were killed. With all due respect to our male soldiers women are required to continue our exitence -Men are not esp with todays science when one man can provide "Genetic Material" for thousands but without women not so much.

twister2, you are a jerk. We actually agree on something, it seems, yet you can't just accept it for what it is and have to turn it around, twist it, and make it something that it isn't, and make ridiculous accusations. Besides, I'm too old for it to effect me, and I don't have kids, so........ Now, in the "we" you speak of, does that also include the backyard & cemetery residents casting votes, those that vote more than once, and the phantom voters and vote changing electronic machines?

@Lervia, by "we" I meant the citizens who elect our leaders. I am pleased with your reaction. Now that your life could be among those our leaders could easily dispose of, you seem to have more concern for them. Good for you.

In my deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan I have seen many women in combat (non-combat job specialties). References to the front line as if it is a separate location are largely irrelevant in today’s battle field. To address concerns over physical abilities, this should be a self correcting problem in the prospective Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marines specialty training. If the training is weeding out physically unfit males for the position, it will also weed out the physically unfit females. If it is not weeding out these individuals, then the training needs to be redesigned to do so. We don’t need males or females that cannot perform the job in the position. To address concerns about selective service, I have always felt it a sexist tradition that females are not also required to register. As far as the hypothetical situation that those females are drafted into a combat position… if they are physically and mentally capable of being in that position… what are people’s objections then? Just don’t drop standards and you won’t have males or females in positions that would be harmful to a fellow soldier.

I think that when a person enlists, it is rare that they get to pick their own assignment. I can see both sides of the argument, but men don't get to opt out of combat roles... Not sure what the solution here is. I would guess that women, if they wanted to serve in combat, would probably have to meet the same physical qualifications as men, and probably volunteer for that type of duty... In a perfect world, all would be treated the same, but we all know the world isn't perfect...

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Superspurs, I know there's not a draft. I said, "opens the door for adding women to A draft", as in if one should ever be put into effect again. Like I said, as long as they have a choice and aren't drawn into something they didn't sign up for because of those that want to compete with the men.

@Lervia, there is no draft. Before they sign they get a job description that specifically says you will serve in combat during an outbreak of war. If women dont want to sign it, then dont. If they choose to, they sign and fight with the men.