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General Category => Editorial/Opinion/Blogs => Topic started by: Fishrrman on March 24, 2021, 02:06:53 pm
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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/23/replacing-the-101st-airborne-with-joe-bidens-fight/
Replacing the 101st Airborne with Joe Biden's 'fightin' fillies'
Political correctness takes the place of military readiness among members of America's armed forces
By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - - Tuesday, March 23, 2021
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How about replacing the 101st Airborne with Joe’s “fightin’ fillies,†women armed to the teeth, wearing stiletto heels that are real stilettoes, and goose stepping down Pennsylvania Avenue, even in the hot sunlight. And others obviously agree. Army Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Grinston, the Army’s most senior enlisted soldier, spoke out on his Twitter account saying that women will dominate any battlefield in the future.
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Actually at least 20, perhaps 30 years ago, the Israeli Defense Forces was having a debate about just this issue, women in combat. I do not recall the arguments being quite so stupid, but what do you expect? Israel has been under siege from its earliest days. Mistakes by them on a matter such as combat readiness can cost them everything.
Look it up. You will see all kinds of subterfuges written on the subject of women in combat, but you inevitably will come across these lines at some point: Women are not deliberately deployed in combat situations. They handle radios, computers, communications equipment. They handle health issues. They handle drones. They probably carry guns. But they are not deliberately deployed in combat situations. Not in Israel. The Israelis cannot afford to lose a war.
But back to the question of our First Amendment rights. From time immemorial the Pentagon has abstained from speaking out against private citizens, even private citizens in the business of journalism. For that matter, men and women in the upper reaches of the CIA and the FBI have steered clear of domestic politics. In the Trump years, we have seen that people in the CIA and the FBI exerted their influence often clandestinely. Now we are seeing military people entering politics without taking off their uniforms first. This does not bode well for democracy.
More at URL above...
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Ly'in Dog-faced Phillie-soldiers?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahPwlOOKedg
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Because the number 101 is sexist?