Guess Who's Very Quiet About The War in Iraq?

[Club'nBabySeals]

On a fundamental level, I totally agree that women should be required to register for the selective service (hey, they reap the benefits of living in this country, too!)...

However, the one thing about it that has always bothered me goes right along with what Vrai said. Imagine this:

You're in a fox hole, enemy shells are exploding all around you, there's a storm of bullets, and reinforcements are NOT on the way....Suddenly shrapnel tears through your back, severing a vertebrae, and you can't walk---but oh crap! Here comes half a hundred of the bad guys!


Pause. Choose your own adventure.

Who do YOU want carrying your lame @zz out of that foxhole?

A. A 200 lb. Marine who could bench press 8 of you...
B. A 120 lb. Marine who might break her nail if she tries to lift you...




It's rough to expect equality when biology is going against you.

 

[DoWhat]

Pause. Choose your own adventure.

I would shoot myself in the head.

 

[Club'nBabySeals]

I would shoot myself in the head.

Fair enough.

 

[vraiblonde]

I hope they know how much credability they're flushing down the ladies' room toilet.

They never really wanted to go into combat anyway - they just wanted to complain that they couldn't.

 

[Bruzilla]

Who do YOU want carrying your lame @zz out of that foxhole?

A. A 200 lb. Marine who could bench press 8 of you...
B. A 120 lb. Marine who might break her nail if she tries to lift you...[/B]

It's rough to expect equality when biology is going against you.

There's a funny thing about warfare... things rarely go as you would expect them to. Would that 200lb Marine, who just joined the service to get money for college, carry you out or run for his life? Would that 120lb women who works on her nails most of the time be so full of adreniline and motherly concern for your azz that she yanks it right out of the hole and drags you back to friendly territory? How about this - a man who is wounded and wouldn't budge an inch for a man, jumps up and tap dances his way back to friendly lines because a woman asked him to?

I went through Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) training with a guy who bragged the whole way to Maine that he would beat the snot out of any SERE instructor who tried to lay a hand on him. After three days of abuse (worse by far than what the Abu Gahribado-do guys had to endure) I actually saw this guy offer to beat himself with a rubber hose to appease the instructors. When the poop hits the fan, there's no way to tell who will stand and who will run, who will be the coward and who will be the hero.

Who do I want to pull my lame azz out of the foxhole? The answer is the one who will get it done, and I don't care if that's a 220-lb male former full-back/power lifter, or a female, French-born African-American, lesbian midget with a spanish surname and a nasty temper.

 

[Bruzilla]

They never really wanted to go into combat anyway - they just wanted to complain that they couldn't.

You got that right! They also wanted the benefits of higher command, but now they're showing they don't want to pay the price for those benefits.

 

[bresamil]

Point at random enemy:

"See that guy over there. He called you the 'C' word."
"WHAT?!"
"And all those guys around him laughed and agreed"
YAARRGGGHHH


*Dead enemies everywhere. Disemboweled, dismembered, decapitated and de-anything else you need done.*

"Way to go marine"
"Oo-RAH!"

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[Club'nBabySeals]

I don't care if that's a 220-lb male former full-back/power lifter, or a female, French-born African-American, lesbian midget with a spanish surname and a nasty temper.

That's a sick thought....

 

[scupper trout]

Excluded from combat duties. I'm female by the way and did my twenty. And for the record think all females should be made to register for selective service same as the men.

Thanks for your service Dixie.

 

[Dixie]

Thanks for your service Dixie.

Awww shucks, twern't nothing. Good experience but I'm glad I'm retired from it, nice to be back in Saint Mary's County permanently instead of driving 600 miles to get here.

 

[DoWhat]

Awww shucks, twern't nothing.

Must of been a YN.

 

[Dixie]

Must of been a YN.

What made you think YN?

 

[DoWhat]

What made you think YN?

You're a female, not too bright and possibly chubby.
Good guess?

 

[Dixie]

You're a female, not too bright and possibly chubby.
Good guess?

Description looks like your picture and it was a real bad guess. Why are you so negative? Did I say something that offended you?

 

[DoWhat]

Did I say something that offended you?

No.
If you stick around, you'll get use to me.

 

[Mikeinsmd]

No.
If you stick around, you'll get use to me.

 

[Dixie]

No.
If you stick around, you'll get use to me.

Oh humor.....sorry didn't recognize having a Monday morning. I'll try a little harder to get use(d) to you. (Sorry my PN is kicking in)

 

[Bruzilla]

So... were you a YN? I was an AW.

 

[Dixie]

So... were you a YN? I was an AW.

Yeah, actually I was a YN. I knew a few AWs from being stationed at VP68 at Pax River, then others from squadrons flying in from Willow Grove, Brunswick, and Jacksonville. You were active duty AW? I was TAR for twenty so I moved in that community. Where were you stationed over the years or was it mostly Jax. I know a lot of people who managed to get stationed there forever. My last tour was in Savannah, GA. You?

 

[DoWhat]

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