"We should not have women in combat roles"

Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson wrote in an email to NPR that the study is to "ensure standards are met and the United States maintains the most lethal military. Our standards for combat arms positions will be elite uniform, and sex neutral because the weight of a rucksack or a human being doesn't care if you're a man or a woman. Under (Defense) Secretary (Pete) Hegseth, the Department of War's [sic] will not compromise standards to satisfy quotas or an ideological agenda—this is common sense."

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[–] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Good, remove 20 percent of your military while starting word war three. What could go wrong?

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    We should probably restrict it to where only republican men have the ability to go die in a foreign country for oil, then start a war. That'll show the libs.

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    [–] 34 points 10 months ago (9 children)

    When I served, I couldn't care less what firepower my comrades were packing in their pants, only what they had in their hands and heads.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (8 children)

    Sounds to me like you don't have a true Warrior Mentality™

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    You gotta include a /s just for clarity dude. I believe you're joking, but still.

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Right. Because everyone knows that women are genetically incapable of firing a weapon. /s

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago

    As a Canadian, I can't say I'm upset about America deciding that now is a good time to nerf their own military.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    I strongly suspect they'd be more effective than Piss Pot Pete.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I remember watching and seeing the yankee cowards in afganistan and iraq. All american soldiers are volunteers and traitors to all that is good in this world. Women should feel lucky. you are a slaves in denial... fucking fake ass feminism

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