Homeland Security pick opposed women in combat

Posted by | December 8, 2016 20:29 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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Marine General John Kelly opposed the Pentagon opening combat roles to women. CNN reported January:

A top commander in the U.S. military voiced concern Friday over a recent decision by the Pentagon to open up combat positions to women.

Marine Gen. John Kelly, the outgoing head of Southern Command, told reporters that in contemplating action on the battlefield, the key question is whether or not it makes the armed forces more lethal.

“If the answer to that is yes, then do it,” Kelly said. “If the answer to that is no, clearly don’t do it. If the answer to that is, it shouldn’t hurt, I would suggest that we shouldn’t do it, because it might hurt.”

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19 responses to Homeland Security pick opposed women in combat

  1. Suzanne McFly December 8th, 2016 at 20:44

    I wasn’t around in the 50’s but I have a feeling I am about to see what it was like for women at that time.

    • Lyndia December 8th, 2016 at 20:51

      Be HAPPY, that you were not around. It was hell, right here on earth.

      • Suzanne McFly December 8th, 2016 at 20:53

        Well I am going to go down fighting it Sister!!!!

        • whatthe46 December 8th, 2016 at 23:44

          i got ya back sintwister!

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          • Suzanne McFly December 9th, 2016 at 17:05

            I know you do sintwister!!!

  2. Mensa Member December 8th, 2016 at 22:30

    Obviously, this guy is backwards looking — not forward looking.

    That is a disastrous personality trait for someone tasked to protect us from future threats.

  3. Robert M. Snyder December 8th, 2016 at 23:28

    How would you feel if you dropped your toddler off at daycare, and all of the caregivers were men? Can you honestly say that you would not have a moment’s hesitation?

    My wife and I have always loved children. We were very fortunate to have two of our own, who are now adults. But there is clearly a double standard. If my wife applied for a job in a daycare, they wouldn’t think twice about hiring her. But if I applied for the same job, my chances of being hired are next to nil.

    My daughter recently earned a degree in diagnostic medical sonography. There were a couple of male students in the program. The two female instructors who ran the program (at a major city hospital) told these young men that they would have a very hard time finding work in a hospital setting. Why? Because many women are uncomfortable having a male sonographer perform scans of their lady parts. So the hospitals typically require a witness to be present for all such scans when they are performed by male sonographers. This increases their costs. So they will gladly interview a male applicant for a sonography job, but he stands little chance of getting the job. And by the way, most of the people doing the hiring are female.

    I am sympathetic to the desire of women have all career options available to them. But our society seems to be blind to the barriers that men face in many careers due to prejudices held by women. Women seem to have no problem with a male gynecologist, but a male sonographer or a male nurse? That is another matter entirely. Why the double standard, and why isn’t anyone calling women out on it?

    My wife is a registered nurse. She has numerous male colleagues. It is a common occurrence for elderly women, and some middle-aged women, to request female-only nurses. This often causes the female staff to shoulder extra work. For example, suppose you have a female R.N. and a male LPN working a hall. certain jobs can only be performed by the R.N. So if she has to do all of the LPN’s tasks for certain patients, she cannot assign him to do all of her tasks for other patients. My wife cannot remember a single case in which a male patient asked for male-only (or female-only) caregivers. It is only the women who do this. And if the hospital were to disallow it, they would get low scores from the patients on their exit surveys, which can negatively affect their compensation. So they choose to accommodate these female patients, even though it is insulting to the male staff and unfair to the female staff.

    If we are going to criticize General John Kelly for his attitudes toward women, then why aren’t we equally critical of the way that men are excluded from, or marginalized in, many occupations?

    Society wants men to trust women in combat, but society is unwilling to trust men in jobs involving small children or the female anatomy.

    Why isn’t this a two-way street?

    • StoneyCurtisll December 9th, 2016 at 00:24

      Yawn…..
      Did you say something?

    • Carla Akins December 9th, 2016 at 07:14

      I am equally critical.

      • Robert M. Snyder December 9th, 2016 at 11:08

        And I am happy to hear that.

        I will never know what it’s like to be black, but I think I can empathize on one particular issue. Blacks say that when they enter a retail store, they feel people’s eyes following their every move, because they are presumed to be thieves. A lot of men (regardless of race) feel people’s eyes following their every move when they are interacting with other people’s children, because they are presumed to be child molesters. Most men don’t talk about this. They simply avoid those situations, which is a great loss for children and for men.

  4. trees December 8th, 2016 at 23:35

    Why is it that we don’t see competitive fighting competitions pitting women against men?

    We could keep the same standard that men use, weight class, but allow for women to come in and compete….

    UFC, or boxing.

    But, we don’t see this.

    Why not?

    Is a woman not the equal of a man on the battlefield?

    • whatthe46 December 8th, 2016 at 23:43

      for the same reason no one would dare challenge you to debate with an intellectual 3 rd grader, you would lose.

    • fahvel December 9th, 2016 at 04:25

      I have a lovely next door neighbor who weighs in at 55 kgs. She could tear you to shreds.

    • Carla Akins December 9th, 2016 at 07:12

      Hand to hand combat is not how a current war is fought, and there are plenty of 5’9″ 140lb men serving in the armed forces.

  5. Obewon December 9th, 2016 at 01:36

    Senator Tammy Duckworth left more on the battlefield in saving her chopper passengers, than you’l ever have. She was first elected to the U.S. House in 2012.[1]
    Duckworth is the senator-elect to Illinois’ U.S. Senate seat in 2016. https://ballotpedia.org/Tammy_Duckworth

  6. fahvel December 9th, 2016 at 04:24

    any intelligent woman should agree with him. War is ugly and destructive to all – ask rumpo, he knew to avoid it.

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