PARRIS ISLAND, SC - JUNE 23: Female Marine
Corps recruit Kylieanne Fortin, 20, of Williamsport, Maryland goes
through close combat training at the United States Marine Corps
recruit depot June 23, 2004 in Parris Island, South Carolina. Marine
Corps boot camp, with its combination of strict discipline and
exhaustive physical training, is considered the most rigorous of the
armed forces recruit training. Congress is currently considering
bills that could increase the size of the Marine Corps and the Army
to help meet US military demands in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by
Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The
recently passed defense authorization bill did not include the
controversial draft provision requiring women to sign up for the
Selective Service. As a result, a writer for the Federalist lays out
a convincing case why that may be a good thing: in short, science
itself dictates, from a physical perspective, women are relatively
bad at war.
It’s been a bone of contention for more than 30 years, the notion
that women can, and indeed should, serve in combat roles. During his
tenure, President Barack Obama made women eligible for all combat
positions. And even though women have tried
and failed to pass some of the most rigorous combat training
courses, it remains a feminist battle cry that women should have the
right to fight.
Travis Scott, a writer for The Federalist, takes that argument
and turns it on its head using what the left side of the political
spectrum says they love —
science:
And that’s just a small part of his exhaustive case against
women in combat using the one thing that women can’t shed
themselves of, no matter how hard they try: their sex.
Who is driving this agenda? I am not personally hearing
female Marines, enlisted or officer, pounding on the doors
of Congress claiming that their inability to serve in the
infantry violates their right to equality. Shockingly, this
isn’t even a congressional agenda. This issue is being
pushed by several groups, one of which is a small committee
of civilians…it’s very surprising to see that none of the
committee members are on active duty or have any recent
combat or relevant operational experience relating to the
issue they are attempting to change….
The entire thing is worth a read. Perhaps we shouldn’t be
asking our women to fight like men unless and until, God forbid,
it becomes absolutely necessary.