Sorry for the trigger title (so to speak), but it comes from an argument I made 3 years ago as an opinion columnist when I had just left the Air Force... around the time the ban on women on the frontlines was lifted. That argument can be found here.
The reason for the post now is because the Marines just released a year long study showing how men outperformed women in combat in every case... just weeks after the big news came out that 2 women had made it through Ranger school. I'd state more of my argument here, but you can just read it in the link above.
My opinion has been strengthened from 3 years ago. I'll fight for equality (literally and figuratively), but in the interest of national security and lives being willfully put on the line, equity supersedes. Women should not be allowed on the front line, and if they must, they must match the minimum expectation of men.
Ian
The reason for the post now is because the Marines just released a year long study showing how men outperformed women in combat in every case... just weeks after the big news came out that 2 women had made it through Ranger school. I'd state more of my argument here, but you can just read it in the link above.
My opinion has been strengthened from 3 years ago. I'll fight for equality (literally and figuratively), but in the interest of national security and lives being willfully put on the line, equity supersedes. Women should not be allowed on the front line, and if they must, they must match the minimum expectation of men.
Ian
