Have you read the right-wing questions on women in the military?

[McNamara]

No, I haven't. Judging by your tone, however, I'm guessing you haven't understood them and do not desire to understand them.

There is no "war on women" being waged by Tea Partiers, conservatives, libertarians, Republicans, right-wingers, etc. It is a biological fact that women naturally have less physical strength, endurance, and resilience. Even if a woman weighs 200lb, she will not win a sustained fight with a 200lb man of comparable training. Even the most liberal of football team coaches would laugh and say no to the idea of taking female players. They might look "progressive" and "tolerant", but against a team that's not quite so "tolerant", they would assuredly get slaughtered.

If a woman proves herself every bit as physically capable in combat as a man, then sure, I'm all for letting her join, but the idea that we should try to "balance" out the gender gap or actively reach out to women to fill combat roles is worse than absurd -- it's suicidal.