connor_a{at}hotmail.com wrote:
> John Templeton wrote:
> > IOW, allowing for her deficiencies. There has to be some sort of
> > requirement to serve in the armed forces. Should we allow midgets
in
> > the army and just allow for their their weight, bone structure,
> > musculature, etc.?
>
> The Vietcong gals N boys PROVED bodyweight is irrelevant as is
height.
> Its the strength of mind that conquers not physical strength.

I would submit that the Vietcong succeeded because there fighting style
was better equipped to a jungle war. Small size is an advantage in the
jungle. Desert warfare (the warfare of today) is much different.

> > Much of it does, which is why there are standards in the first
place.
> > Let me see an woman fire an MK5 with one hand, or last through a
long
> > march, or load a torpedo. Exactly...
>
> VC and Tamil tiger women can, so lets not exclude women from
defending
> their equal rights!

This with me, but put them in their own units so that their inability
does not cause American men to be killed.



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