It is unsurprising that a president who sees war primarily as “whack-a-mole” with drones directed from afar dropping bombs on adversaries, and who believes that removing American troops from war zones ends wars, would believe that women belong in all phases of combat.
War for President Obama consists of Libya, where we “led from behind,” with no “boots on the ground”; Syria, where Secretary of Defense Panetta declares at least weekly that there will be no U.S. “boots on the ground” even if the Syrians cross the president’s red line on CW; and Mali, where “there is no consideration of putting any American boots on the ground at this time,” according to Panetta — just logistical support for the French, who pulled us into Libya and now want us to stand behind them in their latest adventure in the colonies. The president “ended the war” in Iraq “responsibly” by leaving the country to its indigenous warring factions plus whatever outside influences have more sticking power than we do — that is to say, al-Qaeda and Iran. He is “ending the war” in Afghanistan “responsibly” by withdrawing all but a number of troops he won’t divulge (Twenty-five hundred? Zero? Sixty thousand?), leaving the turf to indigenous warring factions and whatever outside influences have more sticking power than we do — Iran, the Pakistani Taliban, and al-Qaeda, among others.
If your standard is removing all the boots from all the ground and ending U.S. participation in all the wars, women in combat infantry units might seem like a fairly safe bet. If combat units won’t be deployed, well, then, who cares if women are in them?
There are two reasons to care. First, non-deployment is not a military strategy. At best, it is a post-conflict standard (much like being a “post-racial” president) that assumes that either a) future battlefields will look like the last one or b) there will be no future battlefields. The first is a mistake; the second is wishful thinking. Post-Gaddafi Libya is strong evidence that eliminating governments with bombs doesn’t provide stability or workable governance. If the U.S. is ever required to provide either, the boots will be required as well.
After Vietnam, military planners assumed that large-scale ground operations including tanks were passé — until we fought in the deserts of the Middle East. Counterterrorism and urban warfare skills won’t help if our next war is in the Pacific — the focus of the president’s announced “pivot.” Nothing suggests that future battlefields won’t require the “boots” that President Obama appears to eschew. Limiting ourselves to the targeting of individuals, along with support to allies who elect to put their limited boots on the ground in countries where they have old colonial interests, would be an abdication of American power where that power may be needed. Outgoing Secretary of State Clinton made precisely that case in her testimony last week as she described the “spreading jihadist threat” and specifically linked those threats to vital American interests.
Read More at American Thinker . By Shoshana Bryen.
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Obama has not got good sense but sense enough to know women cannot hold out on the front lines, especially as they get older. These women cannot maintain their strength for too many years and have to work at least l/3 again as hard to maintain even the minimum. They are using their strength up building their bodies to compete with men’s and when in battle, they are still women. God made men and women different and it takes a fool not to recognize there is a difference. Women are women and have just as important roles in life, but they are not meant to take on a man’s role. This is anouther allusion put forth by those who cannot stand who they are and want to be somethiing they are not to the extent they take on the same sex partners? Something is not right and if it was normal, God would have permitted gay(ism) without saying it is an abomination. Women are not necessarily gay who want to stand out in battle, but they are still female and their bodies will not, overall, stand out to be like the mens’ bodies who have more muscle tissue. It is a silly mess that people unable to make decisions to stop this has allowed. Some women who want to get shot at should be allowed to go get shot at and live in mud holes if they insist, but they should never be obligated to serve in that role. They are not built for it and it should be a crime to expect them to be drafted and serve in these combat roles unless they volunteer for it and are deemed as fit as the men on the same par regimen of exercise and physical fitness as the men. These people have to be able to withstand the enemy and be even better in all cases to win. The thing is OBAMA does not want us to have top notch military or top notch anything in this country. He is attempting to make America defenseless as he can in all areas, financially as well. They have a well thought out plan of attacks on all sides they are waging against this country.
To retrain other women to withstand the rigors costs a lot of money when the other women get worn out. That is what those who are attempting to bankrupt the country and the military know. As I said it is all working out and pointing towards a complete loss of America by using every means possible to weaken financially, indoctrinate through education, take freedoms, take weapons from the citizenry while destroying the mighty military power of America by divisiveness, demands on soldiers to stand up for things against their conscious, getting rid of loyal officers and replacing them with those who will attempt change withing the military that would weed out those who will not kill their fellow countrymen. These are coming across the borders at an alarming rate and joining the military. These have little or no compunction for rooted Americans of any ethnic.
Gee… why not send Michelle into combat. She would become a General right off. Think of how many wars we would win with her as a Four Star General.
Paddy, you are right! She would force everyone to eat spinach instead of twinkies and would limit their liquid intake from adult beverages to 1% milk. She would also take away their assault rifles and arm them with pink pea shooters and Korans.