tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9871253.post5488832685915622464..comments2023-10-03T09:00:22.747-04:00Comments on INSIGHT on Freedom: Why 3800 American Soldiers are Dead in Iraq.Longstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712980841544338388noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9871253.post-63002862117052282862007-11-01T12:50:00.000-04:002007-11-01T12:50:00.000-04:00Thanks for the tip to the Peters article. I almost...Thanks for the tip to the Peters article. I <I>almost</I> agree with your universal service proposal. And I'd be 100% on board as long as there's a bright line dividing men and women's roles in the military. Women in combat roles cannot pull their weight, regardless the PC propoganda. Sure, there could be exceptions, but put a 75# pack on any but the most exceptional female specimen and expect equal performance to men over a forced march and you're living in dreamland... a nightmare under real world combat conditions. Sure, they can handle most modern weaponry fine, but there are too many other purely physical requirements that make having women regularly in combat roles--mixed in with men--just too darned dangerous. For the men. (Heck, just take your wife on a REAL camping/hunting trip for a real world approximation. "I'm not packing that deer out on my back!" [cos she <I>can't!</I>] "Really? You shot it; you pack it." *heh* Better yet: imagine some PC judge degreeing equal representation of women in NFL teams. One season would forever bury the idea of mixed men/women in combat effectiveness.)<BR/><BR/>Support roles removed from combat (which would nevertheless bring them into contact with enough real men to reveal wussies like Algore or his ilk for they are) would be good for young women, though. Real men who've learned <I>any</I> form of discipline. Wow. A rarity in today's gimme generation.<BR/><BR/>As to "no deferrments"--there I agree as well. Sure, the same thing for certain (limited) mental and physical disabilities would apply to combat roles as the above remarks apply to women in combat roles. But even a quadraplegic can be taught to use a computer pretty effectively and serve in a support role.<BR/><BR/>Those with IQs below 60, though, would probably be of use only in a prely cannon fodder role--a use that would be objectionable to any decent person. OK, maybe manually digging sitches or cleaning toilets or some such.<BR/><BR/>Further, as to universal conscription, the legal definition of "citizen" could easily be amended (well, not <I>politically</I> easy, perhaps :-)) to include ONLY those persons who had served honorably in one of the branches of the armed services, a la Robert Heinlein's proposal (Starship Troopers--the book, not the horible film adaptation). No military service? No vote. No exceptions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9871253.post-68139888246767555312007-11-01T12:34:00.000-04:002007-11-01T12:34:00.000-04:00“We're in trouble. We're in danger of losing more ...“We're in trouble. We're in danger of losing more wars. Our troops haven't forgotten how to fight. We've never had better men and women in uniform. But our leaders and many of our fellow Americans no longer grasp what war means or what it takes to win.<BR/>*********************<BR/>That my friend, sums up the entire thing into one very neat nutshell...<BR/><BR/>And I have some serious questions for ANYONE that would hit 'boot camp' right after graduation, summer is coming...<BR/><BR/>But, you were young and foolish, maybe I was a wuss, I hit mine in November, in So-Cal... Heaven on earth... <BR/><BR/>Well, it beat hell outta going to The Island any way...TexasFredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06412925337032937983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9871253.post-72063509525770441052007-11-01T09:29:00.000-04:002007-11-01T09:29:00.000-04:00Unfortunately I have to agree. Many wrong decisio...Unfortunately I have to agree. Many wrong decisions have been made by people who really don't understand war. This has made it so difficult for our soldiers on the ground in Iraq and probably caused more deaths than necessary. Where are the Pattons of today? They are afraid, not of the real enemy, but of the Lefties in America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9871253.post-80602755478127498272007-11-01T04:43:00.000-04:002007-11-01T04:43:00.000-04:00Thank you very much, sir! A compliment is always ...Thank you very much, sir! A compliment is always welcome!<BR/>best regards!<BR/><BR/>LongstreetLongstreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06712980841544338388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9871253.post-26047856093173905852007-11-01T04:17:00.000-04:002007-11-01T04:17:00.000-04:00Hi Longstreet,Your article hits the nail on the he...Hi Longstreet,<BR/><BR/>Your article hits the nail on the head too, I have thought this for some time and you really put it together very well.Wild Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219800198914173823noreply@blogger.com