Women Vs The Front Line! Fight!
http://news.yahoo.com/ap-sources-panetta-opens-combat-roles-women-203034238--politics.html
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.
The groundbreaking move recommended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff overturns a 1994 rule prohibiting women from being assigned to smaller ground combat units. Panetta's decision gives the military services until January 2016 to seek special exceptions if they believe any positions must remain closed to women.
I'm curious to see what kind of exceptions will be put forth. But what's really on my mind is what sort of inevitable backlash this will kick up. I expect Fox News to jump on the old line about how being on the front lines will make it more likely female troops will be raped by enemies. Beyond that, well, I imagine that some inventive idiocy will arise from all this.
Still, this has been a long time coming. Shame it took needs must when the devil drives to make it happen.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.
The groundbreaking move recommended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff overturns a 1994 rule prohibiting women from being assigned to smaller ground combat units. Panetta's decision gives the military services until January 2016 to seek special exceptions if they believe any positions must remain closed to women.
I'm curious to see what kind of exceptions will be put forth. But what's really on my mind is what sort of inevitable backlash this will kick up. I expect Fox News to jump on the old line about how being on the front lines will make it more likely female troops will be raped by enemies. Beyond that, well, I imagine that some inventive idiocy will arise from all this.
Still, this has been a long time coming. Shame it took needs must when the devil drives to make it happen.